Syringia pectinatella

Syringia pectinatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Syringia
Species:
S. pectinatella
Binomial name
Syringia pectinatella
Synonyms
  • Spatulipalpia pectinatella Joannis, 1915
  • Ancylosis pectinatella (Joannis, 1915)
  • Spatulipalpia ambahonella Viette, 1964

Syringia pectinatella is a species of snout moth in the subfamily Phycitinae.[2] It was first described by Joseph de Joannis in 1915 and is known from Mauritius.[1]

Description

The wingspan of this species is 23 mm. Its larvae had been found in February on sugar-apples (Annona squamosa).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Afromoths.net". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  3. ↑ de Joannis, J. 1915. "Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Mission de M. P. Carié. 1910–1913)". - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:page:14; pl. 1. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.