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.
...Apomyelois decolor in languages:
- French
- Phycide de la datte