Davara caricae

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Davara caricae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Davara
Species:
D. caricae
Binomial name
Davara caricae
(Dyar, 1913) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eucardinia caricaeDyar, 1913
  • Homalopalpia daleraDyar, 1914

Davara caricae, the papaya webworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Davara . It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913, and is known from Panama, [2] Puerto Rico and Florida.

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Davara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms