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    Comadia redtenbacheri is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in Mexico and southern Texas. The moth...
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    María; Villa-García, Matilde; Álvarez-Cervantes, Jorge (2021). "Comadia redtenbacheri (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) and Aegiale hesperiaris (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)...
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    Mexico. The larva is a red maguey worm, the caterpillar of the Comadia redtenbacheri moth, usually called chinicuil or gusano rojo ("red worm"). The...
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    bottles of mezcal contain a "worm" (actually the larva of a moth, Comadia redtenbacheri, that can infest agave plants), but if added, it is added during...
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  • Comadia intrusa Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 Comadia manfredi Neumann, 1884 Comadia redtenbacheri Hammerschmidt, 1848 Comadia speratus Brown, 1975 Comadia...
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    chilocuiles, chinicuiles or tecoles, and are the larvae of the moth Comadia redtenbacheri. These infest the core and roots of the maguey plant, often in a...
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  • insects: Aegiale hesperiaris (maguey worm) Atta mexicana (ant) Comadia redtenbacheri (mezcal worm) Eucheira socialis (Madrone butterfly) Sphenarium spp...
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  • point that the product features the "agave worm" (the larva of the Comadia redtenbacheri moth) more commonly found in Mezcal. The marketing of this product...
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    an agricultural newspaper published in Vienna. In 1848 he named comadia redtenbacheri, known as the caterpillar placed in bottles of mezcal, in honour...
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    (Aegiale hesperiaris), escamol (Liometopum apiculatum) and chinicuil (Comadia redtenbacheri) is a custom with pre-Columbian roots in various municipalities...
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