Sphingomorpha chlorea
Sphingomorpha chlorea, the sundowner moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae that is native to Africa and southern Asia. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is a fruit-piercing moth and a notorious pest in orchards. The fruit is pierced while performing a vertical and rhythmic movement of the head.
| Sundowner moth | |
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| in Sri Lanka | |
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| Species: | S. chlorea |
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| Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) | |
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