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Titanoceros thermoptera

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Titanoceros thermoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Titanoceros
Species:
T. thermoptera
Binomial name
Titanoceros thermoptera
(Lower, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Jocara thermoptera Lower, 1903

Titanoceros thermoptera is a species of snout moth described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia.[2]

The larvae are predacious on the eggs of Ochrogaster thermoptera.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Titanoceros Meyrick, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Moths of Australia