Donacaula niloticus

Donacaula niloticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula[1]
Species: D. niloticus
Binomial name
Donacaula niloticus
(Zeller, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius niloticus Zeller, 1867
  • Donacaula nilotica
  • Schoenobius niloticus alpherakii Staudinger, 1874
  • Schoenobius alpherakii f. nigrolineata Popescu-Gorj & Draghia, 1968
  • Schoenobius argophthalmus Meyrick, 1933
  • Schoenobius niloticus vescerellus Chrétien, 1910

Donacaula niloticus is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece,[2] China (Gansu),[3] Turkey, Russia, India and North Africa, including Algeria and Egypt.[1]

The forewings are luteous-yellow with black spots and a white spot surrounded with black on the transverse vein. The hindwings are whitish with a transverse row of brownish spots posteriorly.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867)". Fauna Europaea. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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