Kingdom Animalia Family Crambidae Genus Aporodes Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Achyra nudalis, Ancylolomia tentaculella, Ancylolomia, Aglossa caprealis | ||
Aporodes floralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region), Algeria, Syria, Afghanistan, central Asia, north-western India and Yemen
The wingspan is 15–20 mm. The forewings are deep purple, suffused with blackish or greyish brown and with well defined cross-lines. Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus and Convolvulus arvensis.
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