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Ectomyelois muriscis

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Ectomyelois muriscis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ectomyelois
Species: E. muriscis
Binomial name
Ectomyelois muriscis
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Hypsipyla muriscis Dyar, 1914
  • Ectomyelois muriscus
  • Myelois palpalis Dyar, 1919

Ectomyelois muriscis is a species of snout moth. It was originally described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914 and is found in Central America, northern South America, and the West Indian Archipelago.

The larvae of this species feed inside the pods of Theobroma cacao, Theobroma simiarum and other fruits.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Ectomyelois Heinrich, 1956". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40(1), 1986, 64-65
Taxon identifiers
Apomyelois muriscis


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