Conopomorpha cramerella
Species of moth
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Conopomorpha cramerella, the cocoa pod borer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.[1][2] It is known from Saudi Arabia, China, India (West Bengal, Andaman Islands), Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi, Papua, Papua Barat, Java, Kalimantan, Moluccas), Malaysia (Peninsula, Sarawak, Sabah), Vietnam, Australia, New Britain, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, and Australia (Northern Territory).[1]
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| Cocoa pod borer | |
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| Adult specimen, emerged from larva collected on rambutan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Conopomorpha |
| Species: | C. cramerella |
| Binomial name | |
| Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen, 1904) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Cynometra cauliflora, Swietenia species, Dimocarpus longan, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium lappaceum, Nephelium litchi, Nephelium malainse, Nephelium mutabile, Pometia species (including Pometia pinnata), Cola species and Theobroma cacao.[3][4]
