Apocera zographica
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Apocera |
Species: | A. zographica
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Apocera zographica is a species of snout moth in the genus Apocera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913.[1] It is found in Mexico, Venezuela[2] and Argentina.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cardiospermum grandiflorum. The tie the leaves of their host plant together and feed from within.[3]
References
- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "Apocera Schaus, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 25, 2017
- ^ Biological Control Of Invasive Weeds In Argentina[permanent dead link]