Euclasta varii

Euclasta varii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Euclasta[1]
Species: E. varii
Binomial name
Euclasta varii
Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Synonyms
  • Euclasta perisalis Vives Moreno, 1980

Euclasta varii is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Spain,[2] Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Yemen.[3]

In southern Europe and in the Maghreb countries, there are two generations per year with adults on wing from May/June to August/October.[4]

The larvae feed on Periploca laevigata.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de
  5. ↑ A leaf feeding moth, Euclasta whalleyi (Lep.: Pyralidae) for the biological control of Cryptostegia grandiflora (Asclepiadaceae) in Queensland, Australia


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