Aphomia sabella explained

Aphomia sabella, the greater date moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Aphomia. It was described by George Hampson in 1901 and is known from the Persian Gulf, Algeria and Iran.^[1] It was first recorded in Spain in 1999.^[2]

The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 40 mm for females.^[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Phoenix dactylifera.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 20, 2018.
2. Asselbergs, J. E. F. (1999): Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901, from South Spain: new to the European fauna; Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1885, new to the fauna of the Canary Islands; Ancylosis (Ancylosis) albidella Ragonot, 1888, new to the Spanish fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 27 (105)
3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Aphomia_Sabella Lepiforum e.V.
4. http://www.icarda.org/aprp/datepalm/topics/Pest/Pestright.htm Pests of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)