Mussidia pectinicornella
{{Short description|Species of moth}}
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| genus = Mussidia
| species = pectinicornella
| authority = (Hampson, 1896)
| synonyms =
- Myelois pectinicornella Hampson, 1896
- Nephopteryx sagittiferella Moore, 1891
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Mussidia pectinicornella is a species of snout moth in the genus Mussidia.{{cite web |last=Nuss |first=M. |display-authors=etal |date=2003–2011 |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=September 29, 2011}} It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in southern and south-eastern Asia from Bhutan to New Guinea, in Australia and Fiji, Taiwan, Japan, southern Europe and in Réunion.
Known food plants of this species are citrus fruits, Rutaceae, (Citrus grandis, Citrus species, Citrus limon) and Sapotaceae (Manilkara zapota).{{cite web |first1=J. |last1=De Prins |first2=W. |last2=De Prins |date=2017 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CITRPECT |title=Citripestis pectinicornella (Hampson, 1896) |website=Afromoths |accessdate=November 16, 2017}}
References
- {{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1896 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
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Category:Moths described in 1896
Category:Taxa named by George Hampson
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