Biology:Caphys bilineata

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Short description: Species of moth

Caphys bilineata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Caphys
Species:
C. bilineata
Binomial name
Caphys bilineata
(Stoll, [1781])[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Caphys biliniata
  • Phalaena bilineata Stoll, [1781]
  • Caphys bilinea Walker, 1863
  • Euexippe bistrialis Ragonot, 1891
  • Ugra parallela Walker, 1863

Caphys bilineata is a species of snout moth. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in much of Central America and South America, including Arizona, Honduras, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

The larvae have been recorded in the nests of the brown-throated parakeet (Aratinga pertinax),[3][4] Elaeis oleifera, Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae), Plinia edulis (Myrtaceae) and Carapa guianensis [5] and Khaya senegalensis (Meliaceae) and seeds of Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5035330 entry