Status: Import Notes:
Recorded infrequently through accidental importation in bananas from Central and South America; one was found on a bunch of bananas from Costa Rica purchased from a supermarket in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in December 2003. It is necessary to breed any larvae found on imported bananas to correctly identify Antichloris sp. and the three records of adults of this genus in the two counties have proved to be 2073 A. viridis on examination. Larva feeds on Banana, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas; no evidence of breeding in the UK.
