Elophila melagynalis
| Elophila melagynalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Acentropinae |
| Genus: | Elophila |
| Species: | E. melagynalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elophila melagynalis (Agassiz, 1978)[1] | |
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Elophila melagynalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It was described from a specimen that was found in greenhouses of aquaristic plants in the United Kingdom but its exact origin was unknown. The author suggested the Far East.[3] The presence of this moths has also been stated in La Réunion, Japan (the Ryukyus), Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Records from Fujian province in China proved to be an misidentification of Thysanoidma octalis.[4]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females. The inner half of the forewings is dark fuscous and the outer half is white. The hindwings are white.[5]
References
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162. Abstract and full article: .
- ↑ Agassiz, Entomologist's Gazette 1978 Vol. 29 No. 3 pp. 117-127
- ↑ Chen F, Wu C, Xue D. 2010. A review of the genus Elophila Hubner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae). Aquatic Insects 32(1): 35-60.
- ↑ Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .
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