Piletocera chlorura is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Piletocera |
| Species: | P. chlorura
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| Binomial name | |
| Piletocera chlorura (Meyrick, 1887)
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with slightly darker lines and a whitish subcostal dot. The postmedian line is wavy, bent above the tornus to below the end of the cell. It is edged posteriorly by a few whitish dots, and on the costa by a short whitish streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous, towards the base mixed with whitish.[2]
The caterpillars of P. chlorura were found to feed on the leaves of Xylopia cuspidata (Annonaceae).[3]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2024). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae".
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- ^ Endara, Paola G. Santacruz; Lozinguez, Alix; Valencia, Renato; Queenborough, Simon A.; Endara, María-José; Obando-Tello, Betzabet; Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2024). "Discreet but diverse and specific: Determining plant-herbivore interactions across a species-rich plant family in a tropical rain forest". Biotropica: e13392. doi:10.1111/btp.13392.
