Cerconota anonella

Cerconota anonella
	C. anonella on Annona muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cerconota
Species:	C. anonella
Binomial name
	Cerconota anonella; (Sepp, 1830)
Synonyms
	Phalaena anonella Sepp, 1855; Stenoma hamon Busck, 1911; Stenoma strophalodes Meyrick, 1915;

Cerconota anonella, the annona fruit borer, is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Surinam, French Guiana, Peru,[1] Honduras and on Hispaniola.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white, anteriorly with scattered fuscous specks and with a straight cloudy fuscous shade from one-fifth of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, as well as a small dark fuscous spot representing the second discal stigma. There is an irregular fuscous shade from the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, obtusely angulated in the middle. A curved fuscous line is found from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, indented towards the costa. There is also a series of dark fuscous marginal marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

It is known to cause significant damage to the fruits of plant genus Annona.[3]

References

"Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Description of Stenoma strophalodes in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 454
MDa Silva, E. L.; De Carvalho, C. M.; Do Nascimento, R. R.; Mendonça, A. L.; Da Silva, C. E.; Gonçalves, G. B.; De Freitas, M. d. R. T. & Sant'Ana, A. E. G. (October 2006). "Reproductive Behaviour of the Annona Fruit Borer, Cerconota anonella". Ethology. 112 (10): 971–976. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01255.x.

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[1] "Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Description of Stenoma strophalodes in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 454

[3] MDa Silva, E. L.; De Carvalho, C. M.; Do Nascimento, R. R.; Mendonça, A. L.; Da Silva, C. E.; Gonçalves, G. B.; De Freitas, M. d. R. T. & Sant'Ana, A. E. G. (October 2006). "Reproductive Behaviour of the Annona Fruit Borer, Cerconota anonella". Ethology. 112 (10): 971–976. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01255.x.