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  Eudocima materna - Fruit Piercing Moth  
All-Leps DNA barcoding Catocalinae, Noctuidae  

 

 

     Female

These large moths are a pest in citrus crops. They have an amoured tip to their proboscis which enables them to drive a hole into the fruit. The puncture permits the entry of bacteria and the fruit rots on the tree. Male and female have different wing patterns.
 
 
     Male
 

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