Azamora penicillana

Azamora penicillana is a species of snout moth in the genus Azamora. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, and is known from Brazil[1] and French Guiana.[2]

Azamora penicillana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Azamora
Species:
A. penicillana
Binomial name
Azamora penicillana
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Torda penicillana Walker, 1863
  • Thylacophora tortricoidalis Ragonot, 1891

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Passiflora cincinnata. They cause defoliation, but also cause damage by the phytotoxic effects of the fluid which is secreted by the larvae on the leaves and young stems of the host plant.[3]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Azamora Walker, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Tropical Fruit Pests and Pollinators


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