Caphys bilineata is a species of snout moth. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in much of Central America and South America, including Arizona, Honduras, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Caphys |
| Species: | C. bilineata
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| Caphys bilineata | |
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The larvae have been recorded in the nests of the brown-throated parakeet (Aratinga pertinax),[3][4] Elaeis oleifera, Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae), Plinia edulis (Myrtaceae) and Carapa guianensis [5] and Khaya senegalensis (Meliaceae) and seeds of Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae).
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Caphys Walker, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Moreau, R. E. (2008-04-03). "XXVI.—Bird-Insect Nesting Associations". Ibis. 78 (3): 460–471. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1936.tb03399.x.
- ^ "Ecological Associations of the Hooded Parrot (Psephotus dissimilis)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Süssenbach, 2003. Diversität von Nachtfaltergemeinschaften entlang eines Höhengradienten in Südecuador (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Arctiidae)