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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