Aporodes floralis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Aporodes |
Species: | A. floralis
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Binomial name | |
Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)
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Aporodes floralis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It is found in most of continental Europe (except the Benelux, and the Baltic region),[1] Algeria, Syria, Afghanistan, central Asia, north-western India[2] and Yemen[3]
The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus and Convolvulus arvensis.[4]
External links
[edit]- ^ "Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Aporodes floralis (Hübner, [1809])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Records of Aporodes floralis Hübner, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Poland" (PDF). Retrieved October 11, 2011.