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yellow peach moth

Conogethes punctiferalis

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Field Notes

Description:

A yellow moth with black dots, wingspan about 14 to 20 mm.

Habitat:

Spotted at Nusa Dharma Island, Nusa Dua - Bali, Indonesia / Coastal area.
It is found from India and Pakistan through south-east Asia to Australia.

Notes:

The yellow peach moth is also named the durian fruit borer and is a moth of the Crambidae family.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Conogethes
Species: C. punctiferalis

Reference Links:

Conogethes punctiferalis - Wikipedia

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