Lamoria adaptella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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. Vol. 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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