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Eucampyla

Eucampyla is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Eucampyla etheiella, is known from Micronesia, the Society Islands and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882.

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Eucampyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Eucampyla
Meyrick, 18821
Species:
E. etheiella
Binomial name
Eucampyla etheiella
Meyrick, 1882
Synonyms
  • Homoeosoma inexplorata Meyrick, 1929

Eucampyla is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Eucampyla etheiella, is known from Micronesia, the Society Islands and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882.

The larvae feed on Chromolaena odorata. They attack both young flower buds and mature leaves.2

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References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. "A new natural enemy of Chromolaena odorata in Micronesia". Ehs.cdu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2012-01-17.