Piletocera xanthosoma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Piletocera |
| Species: | P. xanthosoma
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| Piletocera xanthosoma (Meyrick, 1886)
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Piletocera xanthosoma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale (ginger) produce.[1]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piletocera xanthosoma.
- ^ "Piletocera xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". PaDIL. Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
Data related to Piletocera xanthosoma at Wikispecies
