Sorghum head caterpillar

Sorghum head caterpillar

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Scientific Name
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea
Family:
Pyralidae
Subfamily:
Phycitinae
Tribe:
Cryptoblabini
Genus:
Cryptoblabes
Species:
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[1] and is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland in Australia and in Hawaii (Maui).[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384733834_New_records_of_introduced_Lepidoptera_in_the_Hawaiian_Islands_for_the_year_2022#fullTextFileContent New records of introduced Lepidoptera in the Hawaiian Islands
  3. ^ Australian Insects
 
Cryptoblabes adoceta

 

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Sorghum head caterpillar

Cryptoblabes adoceta
Scientific Name
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea
Family:
Pyralidae
Subfamily:
Phycitinae
Tribe:
Cryptoblabini
Genus:
Cryptoblabes
Species:
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Sorghum head caterpillar

Cryptoblabes adoceta, the sorghum head moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Turner in 1904[1] and is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland in Australia and in Hawaii (Maui).[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384733834_New_records_of_introduced_Lepidoptera_in_the_Hawaiian_Islands_for_the_year_2022#fullTextFileContent New records of introduced Lepidoptera in the Hawaiian Islands
  3. ^ Australian Insects
 
Cryptoblabes adoceta

 

This Cryptoblabini-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cryptoblabes adoceta", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.