Lamoria adaptella
| Lamoria adaptella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Lamoria[1] |
| Species: | L. adaptella |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lamoria adaptella, the plain lamoria, is a species of snout moth in the genus Lamoria. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, and is known from South Africa, the Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia[2] and Singapore,[3] as well as Japan[4] and Taiwan.[5]
Description
Wingspan is about 30-34 mm. A pale brown moth. Forewings irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There are traces of an irregularly dentate antemedial dark line. A speck, spot or small annulus in cell and larger discocellular spot or annulus. A highly dentate, postmedial, more or less prominent line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is sharply angled, then inwardly oblique. A marginal black specks series present. Hindwings pale brownish.[6]
Larva known to feed on plants like Dipterocarpus, Pennisetum americanum and Shorea species.[7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ "Lamoria Walker, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ Japanese Moths
- ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1896). The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma: Moths Vol. IV. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ↑ "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". African Moths. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Lamoria adaptella ecological interactions". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Association: Shorea macroptera - Lamoria adaptella". Dipterocarps seed predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.