Pyroderces falcatella (Stainton, 1859)
(one synonym : Pyroderces spodoctha)
COSMOPTERIGIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 1 February 2003)


(Photo: courtesy of Christian Mille, Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien, New-Caledonia)

This Caterpillar feeds on :

  • Hibiscus ( Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, MALVACEAE ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Christian Mille, Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien, New-Caledonia)

    Further reading :

    P.I. Forster, Hibiscus sp. (Malvaceae), a new host for Pectinophora endema Common (Lepidopter: Gelechiidae) and Pyroderces falcatella (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Cosmoterigidae) and their effects on predispersed seed, Australian Entomological Magazine, Volume 18 (1991), p. 125.

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