Aporodes floralis

Aporodes floralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Aporodes
Species:	A. floralis
Binomial name
Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)
Synonyms
Pyralis floralis Hübner, 1809 Noctuelia floralis Eudorea transversalis Moore, 1878 Noctuelia floralis var. grisealis Caradja, 1916 Herbula meleagrisalis Walker, 1859 Pyrausta conversalis Duponchel, 1834 Pyrausta siculalis Duponchel, 1833 Noctuelia floralis var. stygialis Treitschke, 1829

Aporodes floralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region),^[1] Algeria, Syria, Afghanistan, central Asia, north-western India^[2] and Yemen^[3]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. The forewings are deep purple, suffused with blackish or greyish brown and with well defined cross-lines. Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus and Convolvulus arvensis.^[4]

External links

1. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
2. "Aporodes at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
3. "Afro Moths". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
4. "Records of Aporodes floralis HÜBNER, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Poland" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-11.