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| genus = '''''Anypsipyla'''''
| genus = '''''Anypsipyla'''''
| genus_authority = Dyar, 1914<ref name="Pyraloidea db">[http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx World Pyraloidea Database]</ref>
| genus_authority = Dyar, 1914<ref name="Pyraloidea db">[http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx World Pyraloidea Database]</ref>
| species = '''''A. univitella'''''
| binomial = ''Anypsipyla univitella''
| binomial_authority = Dyar, 1914
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'''''Anypsipyla''''' is a genus of [[Pyralidae|snout moths]]. It was described by Dyar, in 1914, and contains the species '''''A. univitella'''''.<ref name="Pyraloidea db"/> It is found in [[Central America]] (including [[Panama]]<ref>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/phycitinae/anypsipyla/index.html Anypsipyla at funet]</ref>, [[Costa Rica]] and [[Guatemala]]), [[South America]] ([[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]]) and has also been recorded from [[Cuba]], [[Mexico]]<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/bulletinunited2071956unit/bulletinunited2071956unit_djvu.txt Checklist Of American Phycitinae]</ref>, [[Jamaica]]<ref>[http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/jamaicamoths/images9/anyuni.htm Moths of Jamaica: Anypsipyla univitella]</ref> and the southern [[United States]].<ref>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5705.1 mothphotographersgroup]</ref>
'''''Anypsipyla''''' is a genus of [[Pyralidae|snout moths]]. It was described by Dyar, in 1914, and contains the species ''A. univitella''.<ref name="Pyraloidea db"/>

The larvae feed on ''[[Samanea saman]]''. They damage the seeds and and pods of their host plant.<ref>[http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Samanea-raintree.pdf Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry - Samanea saman (rain tree)]</ref>


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Anypsipyla
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Anypsipyla

Dyar, 1914[1]
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A. univitella
Binomial name
Anypsipyla univitella
Dyar, 1914

Anypsipyla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Dyar, in 1914, and contains the species A. univitella.[1] It is found in Central America (including Panama[2], Costa Rica and Guatemala), South America (Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador) and has also been recorded from Cuba, Mexico[3], Jamaica[4] and the southern United States.[5]

The larvae feed on Samanea saman. They damage the seeds and and pods of their host plant.[6]

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