Cryptoblabes adoceta
| Cryptoblabes adoceta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Cryptoblabes |
| Species: | C. adoceta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptoblabes adoceta Turner, 1904 | |
Cryptoblabes adoceta, the sorghum head moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Turner in 1904 and is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland in Australia and in Hawaii (Maui).
The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in).
The larvae feed on Sorghum bicolor, feeding from within the seed heads of their host plant.
References
- 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Kyhl Austin; Daniel Rubinoff (January 2023). Neal L. Evenhuis (ed.). "New records of introduced Lepidoptera in the Hawaiian Islands for the year 2022". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 148: 175–184.
- ↑ Australian Insects