Piletocera xanthosoma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Piletocera |
| Species: | P. xanthosoma
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| Piletocera xanthosoma (Meyrick, 1886)
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Piletocera xanthosoma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale (ginger) 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]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piletocera xanthosoma.
- ^ "Piletocera xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". PaDIL. Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
Data related to Piletocera xanthosoma at Wikispecies
