Opogona
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Specimen Records:269
Specimens with Sequences:251
Specimens with Barcodes:242
Species:23
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Public Species:10
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The Banana Moth (Opogona sacchari) is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is native to the humid tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa (where it is also found in Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues Island, the Seychelles and St. Helena). It was first reported from the Canary Islands in the 1920s. In the 1970s, it was introduced into Brazil and Central America, and also appeared in Europe. It has been reported from Florida since 1986.
The wingspan is 18–25 mm. Adults are bright yellowish-brown. The forewings may show longitudinal darker brown banding, and in the male a dark-brown spot towards the apex. The hindwings are paler and brighter.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including bananas, pineapples, bamboo, maize and sugarcane. In glasshouses in European countries, it has been found infesting various tropical or subtropical ornamentals, including Cactaceae, Dracaena, Strelitzia and Yucca, but also occasionally Alpinia, Begonia, Bougainvillea, Bromeliaceae, Chamaedorea and other palms, Cordyline, Dieffenbachia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Ficus, Gloxinia, Heliconia, Hippeastrum, Maranta, Philodendron, Sansevieria and Saintpaulia, Capsicum and aubergines. The larvae burrow in the plant tissue. It is dirty-white and somewhat transparent and has a bright reddish-brown head with. It is about 21–26 mm long.
The pupae are shorter than 10mm, brown and formed in a cocoon of 15mm.
At 15 °C it has a life cycle of approx. 3 months: eggs hatch 12 days, larval development 50 days, pupal stage 20 days and adult life 6 days.
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Opogona comptella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Tasmania as well as in New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 15 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on the bark of Salix vitellina and the galls of Acacia dealbata (caused by the rust fungus Uromycladium tepperianum) and Acacia melanoxylon (caused by the fly Cecidomyia acaciaelongifoliae).
References[edit]
- ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (13 September 2006). "Opogona comptella". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-02-11. [dead link]
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Opogona is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Hieroxestinae. As it includes Opogona omoscopa, the type species of the now-abolished genus Hieroxestis, it is the type genus of its subfamily.
Thes are most common in the tropical parts of the world; for example, from Australia, almost 30 species are known. But two members of this genus – the Banana Moth (O. sacchari) and to a lesser extent O. omoscopa – have been introduced even to Europe.[1]
Selected species
The numerous species of Opogona include:[2]
Some species have been removed from the present genus, however. For example, O. panchalcella is now in Wegneria.
Synonyms
Times and again, groups of these moths have been proposed for separation in distinct genera. Here however, the genus is considered to contain the core group of Hieroxestinae and is thus delimited sensu lato. Junior synonyms and other invalid scientific names of Opogona are:[3]
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- Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2010): Australian Faunal Directory – Opogona. Version of 2010-NOV-15. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
- Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Opogona. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
- Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Opogona. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
- Robinson, Gaden S. [2011]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
- Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Opogona. Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
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