| Aporodes floralis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Aporodes |
| Species: | A. floralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809) |
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Aporodes floralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region)[1], Algeria, Syria, Afghanistan, central Asia, north-western India[2] and Yemen[3]
The wingspan is 15-20 mm. The forewings are deep purple, suffused with blackish or greyish brown and with well defined cross-lines. Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus and Convolvulus arvensis.[4]