Cornifrons ulceratalis

Cornifrons ulceratalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cornifrons[1]
Species: C. ulceratalis
Binomial name
Cornifrons ulceratalis
Lederer, 1858
Synonyms
  • Scoparia seriziatalis Oberthür, 1876

Cornifrons ulceratalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece,[2] Morocco, Algeria[3] and the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Henophyton deserti and Sesamum indicum.

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Long-distance wind-borne dispersal of the moth Cornifrons ulceratalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Evergestinae) into the northern Mediterranean
  4. ↑ Beitrag zur Microlepidopterenfauna des canarischen Archipels


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