Lamoria adaptella explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2017 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 11 June 2017.
  2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863) . Afromoths . 24 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 24 July 2018.
  4. http://www.jpmoth.org/Pyralidae/Galleriinae/Lamoria_adaptella.html Japanese Moths
  5. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/eng/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=347485 TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222340#page/305/mode/1up Hampson, Faune of British India.
  7. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson . 1896 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . Moths Volume IV . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. Web site: Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863) . African Moths . 6 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Lamoria adaptella ecological interactions . Dipterocarp Seed Predators . 6 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Association: Shorea macroptera - Lamoria adaptella . Dipterocarp Seed Predators . 6 October 2016.

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