Caudellia apyrella

Caudellia apyrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Caudellia
Species:
C. apyrella
Binomial name
Caudellia apyrella
Synonyms
  • Caudellia albovittella Dyar 1904

Caudellia apyrella, the crescent-winged caudellia moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Caudellia. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904 in honor of his colleague Andrew Nelson Caudell.[1] It is found in North America.

The larvae feed on Cuscuta compacta and Cuscuta gronovii.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "800235 – 6012 – Caudellia apyrella – Crescent-winged Caudellia Moth – Dyar, 1904" at the Moth Photographers Group of Mississippi State University
  3. ^ Descriptions of and Notes on Larval Habits of Four Immature Phycitines in the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


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