Cryptoblabes adoceta: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Cryptoblabes
Species
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Scientific Name
Cryptoblabes adoceta

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cryptoblabes adoceta

Cryptoblabes adoceta, the sorghum head moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Turner in 1904 and is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland in Australia and in Hawaii (Maui).

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum bicolor, feeding from within the seed heads of their host plant.

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