Lamoria adaptella

Lamoria adaptella, the plain lamoria, is a species of snout moth (family Pyralidae) in the genus Lamoria.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from South Africa, the Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia[2] and Singapore,[3] as well as Japan[4] and Taiwan.[5]

Lamoria adaptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Lamoria
Species:
L. adaptella
Binomial name
Lamoria adaptella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Pempelia adaptella Walker, 1863
  • Lamoria anella Hampson, 1896 (Preocc.)
  • Crambus foedellus Walker, 1866
  • Lamoria bipunctanus Moore, 1886
  • Lamoria fusconervella Ragonot, 1888
  • Lamoria planalis Walker, 1863

Description

Its wingspan is about 24–34 mm.[6] It is a pale brown moth. The forewings are irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There are traces of an irregularly dentate antemedial dark line. A speck, spot or small annulus in cell and larger discocellular spot or annulus. A highly dentate, postmedial, more or less prominent line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is sharply angled, then inwardly oblique. A marginal black specks series present. Hindwings pale brownish.[7]

Larva known to feed on plants like Dipterocarpus, Pennisetum americanum and Shorea species.[8][9][10]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. Japanese Moths
  5. TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  6. Hampson, Faune of British India.
  7. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". African Moths. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  9. "Lamoria adaptella ecological interactions". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  10. "Association: Shorea macroptera - Lamoria adaptella". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.


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