(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Galleriinae)
Issue No. 351
J. B. Heppner
March-April, 1992
Introduction
The bromeliad pod borer, Epimorius testaceellus Ragonot, first described from Jamaica (Ragonot, 1887), was reared from the bromeliad, Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. (Bromeliaceae), in Florida by the author in 1974, and subsequently identified and reported on by Ferguson (1991). The larvae of this pyralid moth do considerable damage to the flower pods of infested bromeliads, although populations appear to be localized and not very common in southern Florida.