Apocera zographica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Apocera
Species:
A. zographica
Binomial name
Apocera zographica
(Dyar, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paranatula zographica Dyar, 1913

Apocera zographica is a species of snout moth in the genus Apocera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913.[1] It is found in Mexico, Venezuela[2] and Argentina.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cardiospermum grandiflorum. The tie the leaves of their host plant together and feed from within.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Apocera Schaus, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 25, 2017
  3. ↑ Biological Control Of Invasive Weeds In Argentina


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