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Fundella argentina

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Fundella argentina
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F. argentina
Binomial name
Fundella argentina
Dyar, 1919
Synonyms
  • Fundella eucasis Dyar, 1919

Fundella argentina is a species of snout moth in the genus Fundella. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is known from Florida, Texas, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Argentina.

The larvae feed on Cassia species, Caesalpinia gilliessii and Canavalia gladiata.[2]

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Systematics of immature phycitines (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)