Cryptoblabes adoceta

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Cryptoblabes adoceta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cryptoblabes
Species:
C. adoceta
Binomial name
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Turner, 1904[1]

Cryptoblabes adoceta, the sorghum head moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Turner in 1904[1] and is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland in Australia and in Hawaii (Maui).[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Sorghum bicolor, feeding from within the seed heads of their host plant.

References

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  2. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384733834_New_records_of_introduced_Lepidoptera_in_the_Hawaiian_Islands_for_the_year_2022#fullTextFileContent New records of introduced Lepidoptera in the Hawaiian Islands
  3. ^ Australian Insects

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