Aporodes floralis

Aporodes floralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Aporodes
Species: A. floralis
Binomial name
Aporodes floralis
(Hübner, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis floralis Hübner, 1809
  • Noctuelia floralis
  • Eudorea transversalis Moore, 1878
  • Noctuelia floralis var. grisealis Caradja, 1916
  • Herbula meleagrisalis Walker, 1859
  • Pyrausta conversalis Duponchel, 1834
  • Pyrausta siculalis Duponchel, 1833
  • Noctuelia floralis var. stygialis Treitschke, 1829

Aporodes floralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region),[1] Algeria, Syria, Afghanistan, central Asia, north-western India[2] and Yemen[3]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. The forewings are deep purple, suffused with blackish or greyish brown and with well defined cross-lines. Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus and Convolvulus arvensis.[4]

External links

  1. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Aporodes at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Afro Moths". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  4. ↑ "Records of Aporodes floralis HÜBNER, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Poland" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-11.


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