Davara caricae

Davara caricae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Davara
Species: D. caricae
Binomial name
Davara caricae
(Dyar, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucardinia caricae Dyar, 1913
  • Homalopalpia dalera Dyar, 1914

Davara caricae, the papaya webworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Davara. It was described by Dyar in 1913, and is known from Panama,[2] Puerto Rico and Florida.

The larva damage papaya by weaving a web around the fruit and stem and then feeding on the fruit under this web. They mainly feed on newly developing fruit peel around the stem area.

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Davara at funet


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