Aphomia theobromae (Dyar, 1913)

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FAMILY Pyralidae
SUBFAMILY Galleriinae
GENUS Aphomia
SPECIES theobromae
AUTHOR(Dyar, 1913)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONTineopsis theobromae, new species
TYPE LOCALITY[U.S.A.], Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, bred from cacao bean 08.i.1913,
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 2♂, 1♀, type no 15718, USNM.
STATUS Synonym of species
SYNONYM OFcephalonica
COMMENTA junior subjective synonym of Melissoblaptes cephalonica Stainton, 1866; synonymized by W. T. M. Forbes (1923: 535).
PUBLICATION Dyar H. G. 1913. A galleriine feeding in cacao pods (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). - Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 1(5):59.
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