Piletocera xanthosoma

Piletocera xanthosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Piletocera
Species:	P. xanthosoma
Binomial name
	Piletocera xanthosoma; (Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
	Strepsimela xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886;

Piletocera xanthosoma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

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Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale (ginger) produce.^[1]

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