Lamoria adaptella, the plain lamoria, is a species of snout moth (family Pyralidae) in the genus Lamoria.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from South Africa, the Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia[2] and Singapore,[3] as well as Japan[4] and Taiwan.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Lamoria |
| Species: | L. adaptella
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)
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Description
editIts wingspan is about 24–34 mm.[6] It is a pale brown moth. The forewings are irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There are traces of an irregularly dentate antemedial dark line. A speck, spot or small annulus in cell and larger discocellular spot or annulus. A highly dentate, postmedial, more or less prominent line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is sharply angled, then inwardly oblique. A marginal black specks series present. Hindwings pale brownish.[7]
Larva known to feed on plants like Dipterocarpus, Pennisetum americanum and Shorea species.[8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
- ^ Hampson, Faune of British India.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)". African Moths. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Lamoria adaptella ecological interactions". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Association: Shorea macroptera - Lamoria adaptella". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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