Azamora penicillana

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Azamora penicillana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Azamora
Species:
A. penicillana
Binomial name
Azamora penicillana
(Walker, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Torda penicillanaWalker, 1863
  • Thylacophora tortricoidalisRagonot, 1891

Azamora penicillana is a species of snout moth in the genus Azamora . It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, and is known from Brazil [1] and French Guiana. [2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Passiflora cincinnata . They cause defoliation, but also cause damage by the phytotoxic effects of the fluid which is secreted by the larvae on the leaves and young stems of the host plant. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Azamora Walker, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Tropical Fruit Pests and Pollinators