Aphomia sabella
| Aphomia sabella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Aphomia |
| Species: | A. sabella |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphomia sabella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Greater Date Moth (Aphomia sabella) is a species of snout moths in the genus Aphomia. It was described by Hampson, in 1901, and is known from the Persian Gulf,[1] Algeria and Iran.[2] It has first been recorded from Spain in 1999.[3]
The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 40 mm for females.[4]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Phoenix dactylifera.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Arenipses at funet
- ↑ [ASSELBERGS, J. E. F. (1999): Arenipses sabella HAMPSON, 1901, from South Spain: new to the European fauna; Thylacoptila paurosema MEYRICK, 1885, new to the fauna of the Canary Islands; Ancylosis (Ancylosis) albidella RAGONOT, 1888, new to the Spanish fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae). — SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 27 (105)]
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ Pests of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)