Anypsipyla

Anypsipyla is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. Its only species, Anypsipyla univitella, was described by the same author in the same year.[1] It is found in Central America (including Panama,[2] Costa Rica and Guatemala), South America (Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador) and has also been recorded from Cuba, Mexico,[3] Jamaica[4] and Florida[5] in the southern United States.[6]

Anypsipyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Anypsipyla

Dyar, 1914[1]
Species:
A. univitella
Binomial name
Anypsipyla univitella
Dyar, 1914

The larvae feed on Samanea saman. They damage the seeds and pods of their host plant.[7]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Anypsipyla univitella Dyar, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. Heinrich, Carl (1956). "Checklist of American Phycitinae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 316–329 – via Internet Archive.
  4. Barnes, Matthew J. C. (2002). "Anypsipyla univitella". Moths of Jamaica. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  5. "Introduction to the Behavioral Ecology of Immigration". Florida Entomologist. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  6. "800199.00 – 5705.1 – Anypsipyla univitella – Dyar, 1914". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  7. "Samanea saman (rain tree)" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2011.


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