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Aphomia sabella

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Aphomia sabella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Aphomia
Species:
A. sabella
Binomial name
Aphomia sabella
Synonyms
  • Arenipses sabella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901

Aphomia sabella, the greater date moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Aphomia. It was described by George Hampson in 1901 and is known from the Persian Gulf,[1] Algeria and Iran.[2] It was first recorded in Spain in 1999.[3]

The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 40 mm for females.[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Phoenix dactylifera.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Asselbergs, J. E. F. (1999): Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901, from South Spain: new to the European fauna; Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1885, new to the fauna of the Canary Islands; Ancylosis (Ancylosis) albidella Ragonot, 1888, new to the Spanish fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 27 (105)
  4. ^ Lepiforum e.V.
  5. ^ Pests of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine