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Species: | C. cephalonica
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Corcyra cephalonica (
Stainton, 1866)
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The rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. This small moth can become a significant pest. Its caterpillars feed on dry plantstuffs such as seeds, including cereals (e.g. rice). Other recorded [1] foods are flour and dried fruits.
Other scientific names, now invalid, for the rice moth are: [2]
When describing his T. theobromae in 1913, Dyar established the genus Tineopsis. He overlooked, however, that this had already been proposed by Cajetan Freiherr von Felder for a (presumed) arctiid moth in 1861. Nonwithstanding that Felder's species is somewhat dubious and has not been identified in recent lists, Dyar's Tineopsis is a junior homonym and thus invalid in any case. [2]
The species of the genus Corcyra have recently been considered members of the genus Aphomia by some researchers. [3] [4]