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Euzophera osseatella

Synonyms: Euzophera arcuatella; Phycis osseatella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Euzophera osseatella, the eggplant borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Euzophera. It was described by Treitschke in 1832. It is found in Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Israel and North Africa. The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The larvae feed on Potato, egg-plants tomato and pepper. Young larvae bore into the stem, down toward the root.
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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0