Austromusotima camptozonale: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Austromusotima
- Species
- Austromusotima camptozonale
- Scientific Name
- Austromusotima camptozonale
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Austromusotima camptozonale
Austromusotima camptozonale, the climbing maidhair pyralid moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is native to Australia, but attempts have been made to introduce it to southern Florida as a biological control agent for Old World climbing fern.
The wingspan is about 10 mm.
The larvae feed on Lygodium microphyllum, Lygodium japonicum and Lygodium palmatum.
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