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Fundella argentina

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Fundella argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Fundella
Species:
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.[1]

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