Anatrachyntis badia
TaxID: 1511180
Basic Information
Anatrachyntis badia
Florida Pink Scavenger, Moth
Anatrachyntis badia, the Florida pink scavenger, is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in the southern United States from Florida to California and as far north as Maryland. It is an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded infrequently from Italy, Greece, Spain, Malta, the United Kingdom, Poland and Turkey through accidental importation in pomegranates. In Germany, it was first recorded in 2011 in a tropical greenhouse in a zoological garden, where caterpillars where found living in colonies of the mealybug Palmicultor lumpurensis on bamboo. It has also been recorded from Hawaii. The wingspan is 9 C10 mm (0.35 C0.39 in). The larvae are mainly scavengers, feeding on dry or decaying fruit, dead floral parts, and sooty mold among fruit clusters and under sepals. The larvae have been recorded feeding on cones of several species of Pinus and Cassia pods, dead fruits of peach and loquat, lime, grapefruit, banana, cabbage, coconut blossoms and elm leaves. During summer, larvae may nibble on rind of ripe oranges, often near the stem end or on the sides of fruit in a cluster. The feeding is usually superficial and does not cause appreciable damage.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cosmopterigidae
Anatrachyntis
badia
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Species
k__Eukaryota;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Lepidoptera;f__Cosmopterigidae;g__Anatrachyntis;s__Anatrachyntis badia
Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (6 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Brassica sp. | Host |
| Citrus sp. | Host |
| Cycas circinalis | Host |
| Cycas revoluta | Host |
| Musa sp. | Host |
| Pinus sp. | Host |
Quarantine Status (0 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
No quarantine status records available.
Distribution (19 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Present | — |
| Bermuda | Present | — |
| Brazil | Present | — |
| Costa Rica | Present | — |
| Germany | Present | — |
| Egypt | Present | — |
| Spain | Present | |
| France | Present | — |
| United Kingdom | Present | — |
| Greece | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
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