Euchromius gnathosellus
| Euchromius gnathosellus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Euchromius[1] |
| Species: | E. gnathosellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchromius gnathosellus Schouten, 1988 | |
Euchromius gnathosellus is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from west to central Africa, including Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists mainly of plantation areas mixed with pockets of secondary forest.
The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm. The groundcolour of the forewings is creamy white, densely suffused with ochreous to dark brown scales. The hindwings are grey-brown with a darkly bordered termen and a dark spot near the cubital veins. Adults are on wing from October to the beginning of December with a peak in the last two weeks of November.
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ↑ Revision of the species of the genus Euchromius Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) occurring in the Afrotropical region
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