Davara caricae

Davara caricae, the papaya webworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Davara. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913, and is known from Panama,[2] Puerto Rico and Florida.

Davara caricae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Davara
Species:
D. caricae
Binomial name
Davara caricae
(Dyar, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucardinia caricae Dyar, 1913
  • Homalopalpia dalera Dyar, 1914

The larva damage papaya by weaving a web around the fruit and stem and then feeding on the fruit under this web. They mainly feed on newly developing fruit peel around the stem area.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Davara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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