Monoloxis flavicinctalis

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Monoloxis flavicinctalis
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as Phalaena flavicinctalis from Sepp [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Monoloxis
Species:
M. flavicinctalis
Binomial name
Monoloxis flavicinctalis
(Sepp, 1852)
Synonyms [2]
  • Phalaena flavicinctalisSepp, 1852
  • Abaera flavicinctalis(Sepp, 1852)
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Monoloxis flavicinctalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Monoloxis . It was described by Jan Sepp in 1852, and is known from Suriname and Brazil. [3] [4]

The caterpillars of this species make a cocoon was composed of the caterpillars' interwoven with threads of silk. [1] [5] Approaching the time of metamorphosis, it makes a separate cocoon, composed of fragments of trimmed wood mixed with its excrement. [1]

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References

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  5. Annette Aeillo; M. Alma Solis (2003). "Defense mechanisms in Pyralidae and Choreutidae: fecal stalactites and escape holes, with remarks about cocoons, camouflage and aposematism" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 57 (3): 168–175. ISSN   0024-0966. Wikidata   Q111460281.