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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Aporodes |
| Species: | A. floralis
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| Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)
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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.