Cangetta micralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in South America, the Caribbean (including Jamaica)[1] and in southern Florida.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Cangetta |
| Species: | C. micralis
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| Cangetta micralis (Hampson, 1907)
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The larvae feed on the buds and flowers of Palicourea rigida in Brazil.[2]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ New North American records of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Pyralidae) from southern Florida
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