Monoloxis flavicinctalis
as Phalaena flavicinctalis from Sepp[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Monoloxis
Species:
M. flavicinctalis
Binomial name
Monoloxis flavicinctalis
(Sepp, 1852)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phalaena flavicinctalis Sepp, 1852
  • Abaera flavicinctalis (Sepp, 1852)
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Monoloxis flavicinctalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Monoloxis. It was described by Jan Sepp in 1852, and is known from Suriname and Brazil.[3][4]

The caterpillars of this species make a cocoon was composed of the caterpillars' interwoven with threads of silk.[1][5] Approaching the time of metamorphosis, it makes a separate cocoon, composed of fragments of trimmed wood mixed with its excrement.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sepp, J. (1852). Surinaamsche vlinders : naar het leven geteekend / Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature (in Dutch). Vol. 3. pp. Plate 128. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48616 – via BHL.
  2. ↑ "Monoloxis flavicinctalis (Sepp, [1850])". insecta.pro. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Monoloxis". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  5. ↑ Annette Aeillo; M. Alma Solis (2003). "Defense mechanisms in Pyralidae and Choreutidae: fecal stalactites and escape holes, with remarks about cocoons, camouflage and aposematism" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 57 (3): 168–175. ISSN 0024-0966. Wikidata Q111460281.


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