Biology:Lamoria adaptella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Lamoria |
| Species: | L. adaptella
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)
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Lamoria adaptella, the plain lamoria, is a species of snout moth (family Pyralidae) in the genus Lamoria.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from South Africa , the Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India , Sri Lanka, Indonesia[2] and Singapore,[3] as well as Japan [4] and Taiwan.[5]
Description
Its wingspan is about 24–34 mm.[6] It is a pale brown moth. The forewings are irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There are traces of an irregularly dentate antemedial dark line. A speck, spot or small annulus in cell and larger discocellular spot or annulus. A highly dentate, postmedial, more or less prominent line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is sharply angled, then inwardly oblique. A marginal black specks series present. Hindwings pale brownish.[7]
Larva known to feed on plants like Dipterocarpus, Pennisetum americanum and Shorea species.[8][9][10]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/LAMOADAP.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/galleriinae/lamoria/#adaptella.
- ↑ Japanese Moths
- ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
- ↑ Hampson, Faune of British India.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/5/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/PYRALIDAE/GALLERIINAE/lamoria%20adaptella.htm.
- ↑ "Lamoria adaptella ecological interactions". http://dsp.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1399.
- ↑ "Association: Shorea macroptera - Lamoria adaptella". http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/biodiversity/global-biodiversity/dipterocarps/database/association.html%3bjsessionid=B8EC0F6CF2779B2EF756E70D3148CA1F?plant.genus=&orderBy=Insect&plant.species=&showResults=show&insect.genus=&insect.species=&insect.family=&id=677.
Wikidata ☰ Q13381362 entry
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