Fundella argentina
Species of snout moth
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Fundella argentina is a species of snout moth in the genus Fundella. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is known from Florida, Texas, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Argentina.
| Fundella argentina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Fundella |
| Species: | F. argentina |
| Binomial name | |
| Fundella argentina Dyar, 1919 | |
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The larvae feed on Cassia species, Caesalpinia gilliessii and Canavalia gladiata.[1]
