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:''"Potato Moth" redirects here. This can also refer to several other species, see below.'' __NOTOC__ The Potato Moth (''Stoeberhinus testaceus'') is a gelechioid moth, supposedly the only species of its genus ''Stoeberhinus''. However, the genus might also include some related moths presently placed in ''Autosticha''. It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae, which is either placed in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), or in an expanded Autostichidae.〔Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)〕 It is a small moth with buff and brown-mottled ("potato"-colored) forewings. Like ''Autosticha'', this moth has the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk; unlike in that genus, the labial palps of ''S. testaceus'' males are beset with feathery hairs, while the labial palps of the females are inconspicuous and do not taper like those of both sexes of ''Autosticha''.〔Clarke (1986)〕 This moth is common and widespread in the warmer parts of the Pacific region; was originally described from specimens collected at Honolulu (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands). The species has been recorded from Java, the New Hebrides, Fiji and Samoa, the Cook Islands, from the Marquesas across the Society and Tuamotu Islands to the Austral Islands, as well as from the Galápagos Islands (though it might not breed there). Its origin is not well understood and it seems to be something of a "supertramp species".〔 The caterpillar larvae eat all sorts of dry leaves, in which they build silken tunnels. They have also been recorded on living plants of the Looking-glass Mangrove (''Heritiera littoralis''), though the significance of this is unknown.〔 ==Nomenclature== The common name of ''S. testaceus'' is liable to ambiguity, as several other more or less closely related moths are also associated with potatoes, usually as nuisance pests or worse. These are: * Gelechiidae: Gelechiinae * * ''Phthorimaea operculella'' – Potato Tuber Moth * * ''Symmetrischema tangolias'' – Andean/South American Potato Tuber Moth * * ''Tecia solanivora'' – Guatemalan Potato Moth * Noctuidae: Noctuinae * * ''Agrotis bilitura'' – Potato Cutworm While all of these may at least of local economic significance, ''P. operculella'' and ''S. tangolias'' occasionally cause more serious damage to potato crops. ''S. testaceus'', by contrast, is a mostly harmless species named more for its color than for any physical association with potato plants. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stoeberhinus testaceus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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