1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae: Phycitini) Common Name Locust Bean Moth Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141600 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Locust Bean Moth(Ectomyelois ceratoniae) Updated on 3/30/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141600 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: 1 Other, Citrus produce, Rosaceous produce Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Moths Host Family: 0 Unknown Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) Carob Moth Euzophera zellerella Sorhagen, 1881 Heterographis rivulalis Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Hypsipyla psarella Hampson, 1903 Laodamia durandi Lucas, 1950 Myelois ceratoniae Zeller, 1839 Myelois oporedestella Dyar, 1911 Myelois phoenicis Durrant, 1915 Phycis ceratoniella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1839 Phycita dentilinella Hampson, 1896 Trachonitis pryerella Vaughan, 1870 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Forewing brownish grey, suffused with white; irregular postmedian and antemedian fasciae, discal marking and broken terminal line brown. Hindwing shining ochreous white; veins and terminal line yellowish brown. Head, thorax and abdomen brownish grey, suffused with greyish white; antennae simple, finely ciliate. **Egg** Oval; weakly sculptured. About 60-100 ova laid on foodstuff. **Larva** Head reddish brown, marked with black; body pinkish white; peritreme of spiracles reddish brown; pinacula small and pale or absent; abdominal segments 1-7 with greyish brown crescentic mark above seta SD1; prothoracic plate dark reddish brown; anal plate pale reddish brown or greyish brown, indistinct; thoracic legs reddish brown in part. **Pupa** Reddish brown; thorax with strongly raised dorsal ridge; dorsal surface of abdomen strongly punctate; abdominal segments 1-7 each with pair of dorsal, thorn-like projections, which sometimes bifurcate at the tips; cremaster terminating in two stout, downward-curving prongs. **References** - Carter, D.J. (1984). _Pest Lepidoptera of Europe with special reference to the British Isles_. In: Spencer, K.A. (ed.), Series Entomologica 31. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, 431 pp. 2.6. References - Carter, D.J. (1984). _Pest Lepidoptera of Europe with special reference to the British Isles_. In: Spencer, K.A. (ed.), Series Entomologica 31. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, 431 pp. 2.7. Web Links CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online: http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Apomyeloisceratoniae/apomyeloisceratoniae01 3. Diagnostic Images LEP75/LEP69 LEP75/LEP69 Dorsal - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Head Side - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF LEP75/LEP69 LEP75/LEP69 Head Top - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Lateral - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF LEP75/LEP69 LEP75/LEP69 Ventral - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Wing - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Results Generated: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 .