Meyriccia

Meyriccia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Meyriccia
Hampson, 1917
Species: M. latro
Binomial name
Meyriccia latro
(Zeller, 1873)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Meyrickia Ragonot, 1901
  • Hylaletis Meyrick, 1932
  • Hyaletis Whalley, 1964

Species:

  • Melissoblaptes latro Zeller, 1873

Meyriccia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1917. Its one species, Meyriccia latro, was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873 and is found in Australia.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults have pale fawn forewings with a brown stripe. The hindwings are fawn with a silken sheen and fringed trailing edges.

The larvae feed on Xanthorrhoea species, including Xanthorrhoea semiplana. They live communally in silken webs and bore holes in the seed heads of their host plant. They reach a length of about 20 mm.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Meyriccia Hampson, 1917" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Australian Insects


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