Apomyelois decolor: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Apomyelois
Species
Apomyelois decolor
Scientific Name
Apomyelois decolor

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Apomyelois decolor

Apomyelois decolor, the Caribbean dried fruit moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881. It is found in France, Florida, the Antilles, Central America and South America.

The wingspan is 19–30 mm. The forewings are dark grayish fuscous with some white powdering in the basal area and considerably more in the median area from slightly above inner margin and in the outer area between the subterminal line and the termen. The hindwings are smoky white to pale smoky fuscous.

The larvae have been recorded in fruits of Annona squamosa, Ceratonia siliqua and Hymenaea courbaril.

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Apomyelois decolor in languages:

French
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