Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Cossidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Squamura | |
Squamura acutistriata is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found on Java and possibly Borneo. The habitat consists of secondary forests with coastal vegetation.
The forewings are fawn mottled with dark grey and black and with a large discal ellipse of grey. The hindwings are dark grey.
The larvae have been recorded boring in branches of Theobroma species. They have also been recorded feeding on Albizia species.
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