Description: Illustration of Phalaena anonella Sepp (= Cerconota anonella). The fruit in the illustration is
Annona muricata. (
Phalaena was originally a subdivision of Lepidoptera, created by Carolus Linnaeus, and included moths in general.It is now obsolete, having been replaced by the various families currently under lepidoptera.). Date: 1852. Source: "Surinaamsche vlinders: naar het leven geteekend" = "Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature", plate 137 (Biodiversity Heritage Library,
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/48616). Author:
Jan Sepp (1778 - 1853).