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full of small lines with irregular dark patches. Variable. Exp. 32-38 mm.
Larva feeds on crotons. Bores in wood.
Fam. Pyralidae. Large family. Moths medium to small, delicate,
diverse colours but cryptic or warning type. Antennae usually simple,
thorax and abdomen slender, densely scaled, legs long with conspicuous
spurs. Wings slender. Eggs laid conspicuously on food singly or in
clusters. Larva cylindrical, generally with dark tubercles and slight hairs.
Live concealed boring in stems, fruits, barks or in decaying or rolled
leaves. A few aquatic, a few household pests rests in larval stage. Pupa
brown, sheltered. A few do not rest. Bad agricultural and store pests.
Indian species about 1,500, nearly 200 in Maharashtra.
G. melonella (Wax caterpillar). Larva feeds on wax in beehives, in
silken galleries. Dirty white, stout, very destructive. Moth yellowish
brown with black scales. Exp. 20-40 mm. C. simplex (C. zonellus)
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