Heortia ocellata

Heortia ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Heortia
Species: H. ocellata
Binomial name
Heortia ocellata
(Hampson, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Sameodes ocellata Hampson, 1916

Heortia ocellata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1916.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Kenya.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Funtumia elastica and Holarrhena floribunda.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths


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