| Aphomia sabella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Aphomia |
| Species: | A. sabella |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphomia sabella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901 | |
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Aphomia sabella, the greater date moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Aphomia. It was described by George Hampson in 1901 and is known from the Persian Gulf, Algeria and Iran. It was first recorded in Spain in 1999.
The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 40 mm for females.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Phoenix dactylifera.
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- Savela, Markku. "Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- Asselbergs, J. E. F. (1999): Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901, from South Spain: new to the European fauna; Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1885, new to the fauna of the Canary Islands; Ancylosis (Ancylosis) albidella Ragonot, 1888, new to the Spanish fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 27 (105)
- Lepiforum e.V.
- Pests of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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