Amyelois transitella

Amyelois transitella
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Amyelois
Species: A. transitella
Binomial name
Amyelois transitella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Paramyelois transitella (Walker, 1863)
  • Emporia cassiae Dyar, 1917
  • Myelois duplipunctella Ragonot, 1887
  • Nephopterix notatalis Walker, 1863
  • Myelois solitella Zeller, 1881
  • Myelois venipars Dyar, 1914

The navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is endemic to the tropical western Hemisphere, including the southern United States of America.[1][2] Its abundance in California increased greatly during the first half of the 20th century[3][4][5]

Larva head

The wingspan is 9.7 to 10.9 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of March to the end of October in California.

The larvae are considered a commercial pest of a number of California crops, including walnut Juglans regia, fig Ficus carica, almond Prunus dulcis and pistachio Pistacia vera.

References

  1. ↑ Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 207: 1-581.
  2. ↑ Solis, A. M. 2006. Key to Selected Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) Larvae Intercepted at U.S. Ports of Entry: Revision of Pyraloidea in "Keys to some frequently intercepted lepidopterous larvae" by Weisman 1986. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, D.C. https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md/beltsville-agricultural-research-center/systematic-entomology-laboratory/docs/pyraloidea-larvae-key/pyraloidea-larvae-key-couplet-13/
  3. ↑ Simmons, P., W. D. Reed, and E. A. McGregor. 1931. Circular No. 157: Fig Insects in California, United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, DC. https://archive.org/details/figinsectsincali157simm
  4. ↑ Wade, W. H. 1961. Biology of the navel orangeworm, Paramyelois transitella (Walker), on almonds and walnuts in northern California. Hilgardia 31: 129-171. http://hilgardia.ucanr.edu/Abstract/?a=hilg.v31n06p129
  5. ↑ Simmons, P., and H. D. Nelson. 1975. Insects on Dried Fruits. Agriculture Handbook 464, vol. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/np/insectsdriedfruits/insectsdriedfruitsintro/
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