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Chilo agamemnon

Wikipedia Abstract

Chilo agamemnon is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Spain, Egypt, Israel, Sudan and Uganda. The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dull-yellow to pale dull-yellow. The hindwings are lustrous cream greyish to silky white. The larvae are a pest on Zea mays. They generally attack mature cane stalks, but have also been recorded feeding on young plants. The larvae pass through five to eight instars according to temperature variations.
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Prey / Diet

Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)[1]
Elymus repens (quackgrass)[1]
Oryza sativa (rice)[1]
Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane)[1]
Zea mays (corn)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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