About Ancylostomia stercorea Zeller, 1848
Ancylostomia is a monotypic snout moth genus that was first described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. This genus contains only one species: Ancylostomia stercorea, commonly known as the pigeonpea pod borer, which was originally described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. This species can be found in southern Florida, southern Texas, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Grenada, St. Kitts, Trinidad, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana, Dominica, Montserrat, and Antigua. Adult moths of this species are active in flight throughout the entire year. The larvae of Ancylostomia stercorea feed on species of the plant genera Cajanus cajan, Cicer, and Dolichos, and they bore into the seed cavity of their host plants.
