The larvae have been recorded feeding on mangoes and cashews. They feed on pulp and cause premature fruit drop, mainly in young fruit. The larvae are reddish violet when young, but turn dark blue as they develop.
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citripestis, eutraphera, mango, fruit, borer, species, snout, moth, genus, citripestis, described, edward, meyrick, 1933, known, from, java, indonesia, india, northern, territory, australia, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, a. Citripestis eutraphera the mango fruit borer is a species of snout moth in the genus Citripestis It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933 and is known from Java Indonesia 1 India and the Northern Territory of Australia Citripestis eutrapheraScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily PyralidaeGenus CitripestisSpecies C eutrapheraBinomial nameCitripestis eutraphera Meyrick 1933 1 SynonymsMyelois eutraphera Meyrick 1933The larvae have been recorded feeding on mangoes and cashews They feed on pulp and cause premature fruit drop mainly in young fruit The larvae are reddish violet when young but turn dark blue as they develop References Edit a b GlobIZ search Global Information System on Pyraloidea Retrieved August 28 2017 This Phycitinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Citripestis eutraphera amp oldid 1120535256, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
