Anabasis ochrodesma
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Anabasis ochrodesma, the cassia webworm, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881.[1] It is found from Florida through Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad, Mexico, Guatemala and Panama to Colombia and Venezuela.[2]
Adults are on wing year round in several generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cassia species, including Cassia obtusifolia, Cassia alata, , Cassia fistula, Cassia javanica and Cassia siamea. Young larvae bore in the terminal shoots of the host plant. Later, they bind together several leaflets with silk to form a flat shelter. They feed on the inner epidermis and mesophyll of these leaflets from within their shelter. Several larvae may be found in a single shelter.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Anabasis Heinrich, 1956". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Systematics of immature phycitines (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- Moths described in 1881
- Phycitinae
- Phycitinae stubs