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Melittia gloriosa (Glorious Squash Vine Borer)

Synonyms: Eichlinia gloriosa (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Melittia gloriosa, the glorious squash vine borer or manroot borer, is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from North America, including Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The larvae feed on Cucurbita species. They develop on the tubers of the host plant
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Prey / Diet

Cucurbita digitata (fingerleaf gourd)[1]
Cucurbita foetidissima (calabazilla)[1]
Cucurbita palmata (coyote melon)[1]
Marah fabacea (California manroot)[1]
Marah oregana (coastal manroot)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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