Aphomia sabella

Aphomia sabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Aphomia
Species: A. sabella
Binomial name
Aphomia sabella
Hampson in Ragonot, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Arenipses sabella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901

Aphomia sabella, the greater date moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Aphomia. It was described by Hampson, in 1901, and is known from the Persian Gulf,[1] Algeria and Iran.[2] It has first been recorded from Spain in 1999.[3]

The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 40 mm for females.[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Phoenix dactylifera.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Arenipses at funet
  3. [ASSELBERGS, J. E. F. (1999): Arenipses sabella HAMPSON, 1901, from South Spain: new to the European fauna; Thylacoptila paurosema MEYRICK, 1885, new to the fauna of the Canary Islands; Ancylosis (Ancylosis) albidella RAGONOT, 1888, new to the Spanish fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae). — SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 27 (105)]
  4. lepiforum.de
  5. Pests of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

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