Austromusotima camptozonale
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| image = Cataclysta camptozonale K9669-1.jpg
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| taxon = Austromusotima camptozonale
| authority = (Hampson, 1897)
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- Cataclysta camptozonale
- Oligostigma camptozonale Hampson, 1897
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Austromusotima camptozonale, the climbing maidhair pyralid moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is native to Australia, but attempts have been made to introduce it to southern Florida as a biological control agent for Old World climbing fern.
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The wingspan is about 10 mm.
The larvae feed on Lygodium microphyllum, Lygodium japonicum and Lygodium palmatum.
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External links
- [https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=220637 Efforts to establish a foliage-feeding moth, Austromusotima camptozonale, against Lygodium microphyllum in Florida, considered in the light of a retrospective review of establishment success of weed biocontrol agents]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120811150253/http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/nymh/camptoz.html Australian Insects]
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Category:Moths described in 1897
Category:Taxa named by George Hampson
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