Biology:Tirathaba mundella

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Short description: Worms that eat oil-/betelnut-palm flowers

Tirathaba mundella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. mundella
Binomial name
Tirathaba mundella
Walker, 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Melissoblaptes fructivora Meyrick, 1933
  • Mucialla mundella Walker, 1866

Tirathaba mundella, the oil palm bunch moth, is a species of snout moth. It is found in Malaysia.[citation needed]

The larvae feed on Areca catechu, Elaeis guineensis, Mangifera indica and Nephelium lappaceum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-29. 
  2. ↑ "Knowledge Bank - Tirathaba mundella". CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International). http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=55111. 


Wikidata ☰ Q14493864 entry




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