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Cryptoblabes adoceta

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Species of moth

Cryptoblabes adoceta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cryptoblabes
Species: C. adoceta
Binomial name
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Turner, 1904

Cryptoblabes adoceta, the sorghum head moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Turner in 1904 and is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland in Australia and in Hawaii (Maui)

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum bicolor, feeding from within the seed heads of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384733834_New_records_of_introduced_Lepidoptera_in_the_Hawaiian_Islands_for_the_year_2022#fullTextFileContent New records of introduced Lepidoptera in the Hawaiian Islands
  3. Australian Insects
Taxon identifiers
Cryptoblabes adoceta


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