Apocera zographica

Apocera zographica is a species of snout moth in the genus Apocera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913.[1] It is found in Mexico, Venezuela[2] and Argentina.

Apocera zographica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Apocera
Species:
A. zographica
Binomial name
Apocera zographica
(Dyar, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paranatula zographica Dyar, 1913

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cardiospermum grandiflorum. The tie the leaves of their host plant together and feed from within.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. "Apocera Schaus, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 25, 2017
  3. Biological Control Of Invasive Weeds In Argentina


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