Crambus richteri

Crambus richteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Genus: Crambus
Species: C. richteri
Binomial name
Crambus richteri
Błeszyński, 1963

Crambus richteri is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Ethiopia.[1]

Externally this species is very similar to Crambus archimedes from South Africa and the author did not exclude that it is a geographical subspecies of same.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Afromoths
  2. ↑ Bleszynski, S. 1963a. Studies on the Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part 39. On some Ethiopian Crambidae with descriptions of four new species. - Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 99:1–7.
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