Metephestia
| Metephestia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Metephestia Hampson in Ragonot, 1901 |
| Species: | M. simplicula
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| Binomial name | |
| Metephestia simplicula (Zeller, 1881)
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Metephestia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Metephestia simplicula, was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881.[1] It is known from Colombia,[1] southern Florida,[2] Puerto Rico and the West Indies.
There are several generations per year.
The larvae feed on Indigofera species, including I. hirsuta, I. suffruticosa and I. tinctoria. Young larvae feed on unexpanded leaflets.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Systematics of immature phycitines (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
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