Davara caricae

Davara caricae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Davara
Species: D. caricae
Binomial name
Davara caricae
(Dyar, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucardinia caricae Dyar, 1913
  • Homalopalpia dalera Dyar, 1914

Davara caricae, the papaya webworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Davara. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913, and is known from Panama,[2] Puerto Rico and Florida.

The larva damage papaya by weaving a web around the fruit and stem and then feeding on the fruit under this web. They mainly feed on newly developing fruit peel around the stem area.

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Davara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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