Lamoria adaptella
| Lamoria adaptella | |
|---|---|
| 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 Walker in 1863, and is known from South Africa, Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia[2] and Singapore,[3] as well as Japan[4] and Taiwan.[5]
Description
Wingspan is about 30-34mm. A pale brown moth. Fore wings irrorated 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. Hind wings pale brownish.[6]
Larva known to feed on plants like Dipterocarpus, Pennisetum americanum, and Shorea species.[7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Lamoria at funet
- ↑ Japanese Moths Moths
- ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "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.