Cerconota anonella

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Cerconota anonella
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C. anonella on Annona muricata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cerconota
Species:
C. anonella
Binomial name
Cerconota anonella
(Sepp, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena anonellaSepp, 1855
  • Stenoma hamonBusck, 1911
  • Stenoma strophalodesMeyrick, 1915

Cerconota anonella, the annona fruit borer, is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, [1] Honduras and on Hispaniola.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white, anteriorly with scattered fuscous specks and with a straight cloudy fuscous shade from one-fifth of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, as well as a small dark fuscous spot representing the second discal stigma. There is an irregular fuscous shade from the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, obtusely angulated in the middle. A curved fuscous line is found from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, indented towards the costa. There is also a series of dark fuscous marginal marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey. [2]

It is known to cause significant damage to the fruits of plant genus Annona . [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Description of Stenoma strophalodes in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 454 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ MDa Silva, E. L.; De Carvalho, C. M.; Do Nascimento, R. R.; Mendonça, A. L.; Da Silva, C. E.; Gonçalves, G. B.; De Freitas, M. d. R. T. & Sant'Ana, A. E. G. (October 2006). "Reproductive Behaviour of the Annona Fruit Borer, Cerconota anonella". Ethology. 112 (10): 971–976. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01255.x .


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