Aphomia sabella

(Hampson, 1901)

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Common name (English)

Large Date Moth

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Habitat detail

Unknown

Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year

2021

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Parasites on animals – Par Anim

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM

Other notes

as Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901 in GBIF. Accepted taxonomy taken from Lepiforum (https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Aphomia_sabella)

References

Huemer P, Özden Ö, Rennwald E, Barton I, Junnilainen J, Hausmann A, van Nieukerken EJ, Hebert PDN (2026) Well-Known, Misidentified, or Unnamed? A DNA Barcode-Based Reassessment of the Lepidoptera Fauna of Cyprus Supported by Morphology. Insects 17(1): 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010004

Lepiforum: Website zur Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und Ihren Präimaginalstadien. Available online: https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Downloads (accessed on 25 October 2025).