Piletocera xanthosoma

Piletocera xanthosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Piletocera
Species:	P. xanthosoma
Binomial name
	Piletocera xanthosoma; (Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
	Strepsimela xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886;

Piletocera xanthosoma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale (ginger) produce. However, it is an accidental contaminant rather than a pest of the crop. Females have been recorded as laying eggs on exposed produce in lighted dock sheds.^[1]

References

↑ "Piletocera xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". PaDIL. Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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[1] "Piletocera xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". PaDIL. Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Retrieved 7 July 2018.