Biology:Monoloxis flavicinctalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Monoloxis flavicinctalis
Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 128 plate Monoloxis flavicinctalis.jpg
as Phalaena flavicinctalis from Sepp[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Monoloxis
Species:
M. flavicinctalis
Binomial name
Monoloxis flavicinctalis
(Sepp, 1852)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phalaena flavicinctalis Sepp, 1852
  • Abaera flavicinctalis (Sepp, 1852)
Text for Pl 128[1]

Monoloxis flavicinctalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Monoloxis. It was described by Jan Sepp in 1852, and is known from Suriname and Brazil .[3][4]

The caterpillars of this species make a cocoon was composed of the caterpillars' interwoven with threads of silk.[1][5] Approaching the time of metamorphosis, it makes a separate cocoon, composed of fragments of trimmed wood mixed with its excrement.[1]

References

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