Anypsipyla

Anypsipyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Anypsipyla
Dyar, 1914[1]
Species: A. univitella
Binomial name
Anypsipyla univitella
Dyar, 1914

Anypsipyla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Dyar, in 1914, and contains the species A. univitella.[1] It is found in Central America (including Panama,[2] Costa Rica and Guatemala), South America (Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador) and has also been recorded from Cuba, Mexico,[3] Jamaica[4] and Florida[5] in the southern United States.[6]

The larvae feed on Samanea saman. They damage the seeds and pods of their host plant.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. ↑ "Anypsipyla at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Checklist Of American Phycitinae". Archive.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Moths of Jamaica: Anypsipyla univitella". Mbarnes.force9.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Florida Entomologist". Ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  6. ↑ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  7. ↑ "Samanea saman (rain tree)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-07.


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