Amyelois transitella

Amyelois transitella
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Amyelois
Species: A. transitella
Binomial name
Amyelois transitella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Paramyelois transitella (Walker, 1863)
  • Emporia cassiae Dyar, 1917
  • Myelois duplipunctella Ragonot, 1887
  • Nephopterix notatalis Walker, 1863
  • Myelois solitella Zeller, 1881
  • Myelois venipars Dyar, 1914

The navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is native to the south-western United States and Mexico and was first described from Arizona in 1899.

Larva head

The wingspan is 9.7 to 10.9 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of March to the end of October in California.

The larvae are considered a commercial pest of a number of crops, including Juglans regia, Ficus carica, Prunus dulcis and Pistacia vera.

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