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 Crambidae family. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale 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]

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