Oiketicus kirbyi

Oiketicus kirbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Psychidae
Genus:	Oiketicus
Species:	O. kirbyi
Binomial name
Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827

Oiketicus kirbyi is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in lowlands from Argentina to Mexico and in the Caribbean islands.

There is strong sexual dimorphism in the adults. Females are wingless.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Musa, Theobroma cacao, Elaeis guineensis, Bactris gasipaes, Cocos nucifera, Citrus, Tectona grandis, Eucalyptus, Eryobothria japonica and Terminalia catappa. It was a serious pest in commercial banana plantations on Costa Rica's Atlantic coast from 1962 to 1964. It developed into a serious pest in oil palm plantations in the 1990s.

External links

• Species info
• Species info at treknature.com

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