Tamsica floricolens

Tamsica floricolans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Tamsica
Species: T. floricolans
Binomial name
Tamsica floricolans
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Gesneria floricolens Butler, 1883
  • Hednota floricolans
  • Talis floricolans

Tamsica floricolans is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to Oahu, Molokai and Lanai.

Adults have been reared from whitish larvae among the roots of sugarcane. The larvae spin a frail cocoon in the soil.

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