Piletocera chlorura

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Piletocera chlorura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Piletocera
Species:
P. chlorura
Binomial name
Piletocera chlorura
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Ceratoclasis chloruraMeyrick, 1887
  • Nacoleia melanaugesTurner, 1913

Piletocera chlorura is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with slightly darker lines and a whitish subcostal dot. The postmedian line is wavy, bent above the tornus to below the end of the cell. It is edged posteriorly by a few whitish dots, and on the costa by a short whitish streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous, towards the base mixed with whitish. [2]

The caterpillars of P. chlorura were found to feed on the leaves of Xylopia cuspidata (Annonaceae). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2024). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae". PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Endara, Paola G. Santacruz; Lozinguez, Alix; Valencia, Renato; Queenborough, Simon A.; Endara, María-José; Obando-Tello, Betzabet; Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2024). "Discreet but diverse and specific: Determining plant-herbivore interactions across a species-rich plant family in a tropical rain forest". Biotropica: e13392. doi: 10.1111/btp.13392 .


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