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Mussidia nigrivenella

Wikipedia Abstract

Mussidia nigrivenella is a species of snout moth in the genus Mussidia. It was described by Ragonot in 1888. It is found in Ivory Coast, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Mozambique. The larvae feed on Zea mays, Theobroma cacao and Gossypium species.
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Prey / Diet

Khaya anthotheca (Nyasaland mahogany)[1]
Theobroma cacao (cacao)[1]

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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