Stenoma catenifer
TaxID: 1921420
Basic Information
Stenoma catenifer
Avocado Seed Moth
Stenoma catenifer is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Guatemala, Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. The most harmful stage of Stenoma catenifer is the larval stage. The larvae dig into the avocado, reaching the seed where they feed and grow. After reaching maturity, they leave to become pupae, leaving the avocado with small holes and frass on its surface. The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are pale fawn ochreous, with some darker sprinkling towards the base and costa and on the middle of the dorsum. A strong blackish discal spot at the end of the cell, another half-way to the base on the upper edge of the cell, with a third in the middle of the fold. A series of inwardly pointed dentate blackish spots from the commencement of the costal to the beginning of the dorsal cilia forms a continuous chain with a similar series of more flattened spots around the apex and termen. The first portion of the chain, or that which crosses the wing surface, is abruptly angulated outward below the costa and above the tornus, the outer angle being abruptly cut off by a pair of strong spots opposite to a point a little above the termen. The hindwings are very pale fawn grey, somewhat iridescent between the veins.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Depressariidae
Stenoma
catenifer
unclassified
Species
nan
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nan
Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (4 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Cinnamomum camphora | Host |
| Nectandra megapotamica | Host |
| Persea americana | Host |
| Persea schiedeana | Host |
Quarantine Status (19 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | Quarantine pests | — |
| Argentina | Absent | 2019 |
| Chile | Quarantine pests | 2019 |
| China | Quarantine pests | 2024 |
| Cuba | Absent | — |
| Dominican Republic | Quarantine pests | — |
| Ghana | Quarantine pests | — |
| Haiti | Quarantine pests | — |
| Jamaica | Quarantine pests | — |
| Japan | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (18 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Absent | — |
| Belize | Present | — |
| Brazil | Present | |
| Colombia | Present | — |
| Costa Rica | Present | — |
| Ecuador | Present | — |
| Guatemala | Present | — |
| French Guiana | Present | — |
| Guyana | Present | — |
| Honduras | 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.
Literature
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