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Tamsica floricolans

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Tamsica floricolans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Diptychophorini
Genus: Tamsica
Species:
T. floricolans
Binomial name
Tamsica floricolans
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Gesneria floricolens Butler, 1883
  • Hednota floricolans
  • Talis floricolans

Tamsica floricolans is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Lanai.

Adults have been reared from whitish larvae among the roots of sugarcane. The larvae spin a frail cocoon in the soil.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.