Amydria anceps
Amydria anceps is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Mexico.[1]
| Amydria anceps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolophidae |
| Genus: | Amydria |
| Species: | A. anceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Amydria anceps Walsingham, 1914 | |
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It is unusual in that its caterpillars actually eat the fungus cultivated by leaf-cutter ants, Atta mexicana. [2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amydria anceps". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Lees, David C; Zilli, Alberto (2019). Moths: their biology, diversity and evolution. London: Natural History Museum, London. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-565-09457-7. OCLC 1065351569.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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