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
  • Pempelia adaptella Walker, 1863
  • Lamoria anella Hampson, 1896 (Preocc.)
  • Crambus foedellus Walker, 1866
  • Lamoria bipunctanus Moore, 1886
  • Lamoria fusconervella Ragonot, 1888
  • Lamoria planalis Walker, 1863

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

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Lamoria at funet
  4. ↑ Japanese Moths Moths
  5. ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Lamoria adaptella, (Walker, 1863)". African Moths. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Lamoria adaptella ecological interactions". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Association: Shorea macroptera - Lamoria adaptella". Dipterocarps seed predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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