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Lamoria adaptella, the plain lamoria, is a species of snout moth (family Pyralidae) in the genus Lamoria.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from South Africa, the Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia[2] and Singapore,[3] as well as Japan[4] and Taiwan.[5]

Lamoria adaptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Lamoria
Species:	L. adaptella
Binomial name
Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Pempelia adaptella Walker, 1863 Lamoria anella Hampson, 1896 (Preocc.) Crambus foedellus Walker, 1866 Lamoria bipunctanus Moore, 1886 Lamoria fusconervella Ragonot, 1888 Lamoria planalis Walker, 1863

Description

Its wingspan is about 24–34 mm.[6] It is a pale brown moth. The forewings are irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There are traces of an irregularly dentate antemedial dark line. A speck, spot or small annulus in cell and larger discocellular spot or annulus. A highly dentate, postmedial, more or less prominent line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is sharply angled, then inwardly oblique. A marginal black specks series present. Hindwings pale brownish.[7]

Larva known to feed on plants like Dipterocarpus, Pennisetum americanum and Shorea species.[8][9][10]

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