Acritocera negligens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Acritocera |
| Species: | A. negligens
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Acritocera negligens, the coconut spathe borer, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Fiji.
Adult females have dark reddish brown to almost black forewings, with the veins bordered by lighter streaks and an oblique cream line beyond the middle. The hindwings are pearly. Males are smaller than females and less dark.
The larvae feed on Cocos nucifera. They mainly feed on the male flowers. Full-grown larvae are about 50 millimetres (2.0 in) long. They are white or pinkish brown, with a yellow shield on the thorax.[2]
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Acritocera negligens Butler 1886". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Coconut Spathe Borer". PaDIL. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
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