Symmetrischema capsicum

TaxID: 1511182

Basic Information

Symmetrischema capsicum

Pepper Flower-bud Moth, Pepper flowerbud moth

Symmetrischema capsica, the pepper flowerbud moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley and Dalibor F. Povolny in 1965. It is found Mexico, the West Indies, the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded Florida and Texas. The length of the forewings is 3-3.5 mm. The larvae feed in the flower buds of Capsicum annuum and Physalis species.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Symmetrischema

capsicum

unclassified

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Morphological Features

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Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

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