| Anabasis ochrodesma | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Anabasis |
| Species: | A. ochrodesma |
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| Anabasis ochrodesma | |
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Anabasis ochrodesma, the cassia webworm, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881. [1] It is found from Florida through Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad, Mexico, Guatemala and Panama to Colombia and Venezuela. [2]
Adults are on wing year round in several generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cassia species, including Cassia obtusifolia , Cassia alata , Cassia bahamensis , Cassia fistula , Cassia javanica and Cassia siamea . Young larvae bore in the terminal shoots of the host plant. Later, they bind together several leaflets with silk to form a flat shelter. They feed on the inner epidermis and mesophyll of these leaflets from within their shelter. Several larvae may be found in a single shelter. [3]
