Eoophyla limalis

Eoophyla limalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eoophyla
Species: E. limalis
Binomial name
Eoophyla limalis
Viette, 1957

Eoophyla limalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Viette in 1957. It is found in Equatorial Guinea.[1][2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The base of the forewings is creamy white with a fuscous subbasal fascia, which is darker on the costa and dorsum. There is an orange-brown median fascia and a fuscous postmedian fascia. The termen is orange with white costal strigulae. The base of the hindwings is mixed white, yellow and fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  3. Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .


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