Piletocera xanthosoma

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Piletocera xanthosoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Piletocera
Species:
P. xanthosoma
Binomial name
Piletocera xanthosoma
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Strepsimela xanthosomaMeyrick, 1886

Piletocera xanthosoma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale (ginger) produce. [1]

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References

  1. "Piletocera xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". PaDIL. Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Retrieved 7 July 2018.