Cerconota anonella
| Cerconota anonella | |
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| C. anonella on Annona muricata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cerconota |
| Species: | C. anonella
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerconota anonella (Sepp, 1830)
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Cerconota anonella, the annona fruit borer, is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana, Peru,[1] Honduras and on Hispaniola.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white, anteriorly with scattered fuscous specks and with a straight cloudy fuscous shade from one-fifth of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, as well as a small dark fuscous spot representing the second discal stigma. There is an irregular fuscous shade from the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, obtusely angulated in the middle. A curved fuscous line is found from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, indented towards the costa. There is also a series of dark fuscous marginal marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]
It is known to cause significant damage to the fruits of plant genus Annona.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Description of Stenoma strophalodes in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 454
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ MDa Silva, E. L.; De Carvalho, C. M.; Do Nascimento, R. R.; Mendonça, A. L.; Da Silva, C. E.; Gonçalves, G. B.; De Freitas, M. d. R. T. & Sant'Ana, A. E. G. (October 2006). "Reproductive Behaviour of the Annona Fruit Borer, Cerconota anonella". Ethology. 112 (10): 971–976. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01255.x.
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