Biology:Cryptoblabes adoceta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Cryptoblabes adoceta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Cryptoblabes |
| Species: | C. adoceta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptoblabes adoceta Turner, 1904[1]
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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 (0.59 in).[3]
The larvae feed on Sorghum bicolor, feeding from within the seed heads of their host plant.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Kyhl Austin; Daniel Rubinoff (January 2023). Neal L. Evenhuis. ed. "New records of introduced Lepidoptera in the Hawaiian Islands for the year 2022". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 148: 175–184. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384733834.
- ↑ Australian Insects
Wikidata ☰ Q5190814 entry
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