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Plutarco Echegoyen, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5560958

pineapple borer (Genus Strymon)

Photographer:
Plutarco Echegoyen
Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Description:
Adulto de Strymon sp. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)  en una flor de señorita (Asclepias curassavica).  Se reporta como una plaga de importancia económica de piña (Ananas comosus), también es plaga de piñuela (Karatas plumieri).
Image type:
Field
Host:
bloodflower milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Strymon
Subject: Strymon spp.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Subject: Asclepias curassavica L.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Image last updated:
Thursday, October 19, 2017