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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
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443021. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Aporodes at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2009-04-26. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/odontiinae/aporodes/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Afro Moths". Afro Moths. http://www.afromoths.net/species/show/41985. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Records of Aporodes floralis HÜBNER, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Poland" (PDF). http://pte.au.poznan.pl/ppe/PPE1-2006/83-88_Baranowski.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
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