Davara caricae

Davara caricae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Davara
Species:	D. caricae
Binomial name
	Davara caricae; (Dyar, 1913)
Synonyms
	Eucardinia caricae Dyar, 1913; Homalopalpia dalera Dyar, 1914;

Davara caricae, the papaya webworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Davara. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913, and is known from Panama,^[2] Puerto Rico and Florida.

The larva damage papaya by weaving a web around the fruit and stem and then feeding on the fruit under this web. They mainly feed on newly developing fruit peel around the stem area.

References

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
^ Davara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[2] Davara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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