Patagoniodes farinaria (Turner, 1904) is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Patagoniodes farinaria (Turner, 1904)

Patagoniodes farinaria (Turner, 1904)

Patagoniodes farinaria, the blue stem borer, is a Pyralidae moth found in Australia and New Zealand that feeds on Senecio and related plants.

Family
Genus
Patagoniodes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Patagoniodes farinaria (Turner, 1904)

Patagoniodes farinaria, commonly known as the blue stem borer, is a moth species that belongs to the family Pyralidae. This species is distributed in New Zealand and Australia. It acts as a shoot borer, and its host plants include Senecio jacobaea, other Senecio species, and closely related plants.

Photo: (c) Dianne Clarke, all rights reserved, uploaded by Dianne Clarke

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Patagoniodes

More from Pyralidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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