Isocentris filalis

Isocentris filalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Isocentris
Species: I. filalis
Binomial name
Isocentris filalis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Asopia filalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hyalobathra filalis
  • Botys holoxanthalis Mabille, 1881
  • Botys amoenalis Walker, 1866
  • Endotricha rhodophilalis Walker, 1866
  • Samea dives Butler, 1881
  • Hyalobathra metallogramma Meyrick, 1934
  • Hyalobathra veroniqueae Guillermet, 1996
  • Agrotera retinalis Saalmüller, 1880[1]

Isocentris filalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Togo[2] Indonesia (Java) and Taiwan.

Adulta are bright yellow in colour.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia virosa and Flueggea virosa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Maes, 2014. Notes on the Crambidae of Africa with new synonyms and combinations (Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae). Lambillionea CXIV, 2, 2014: 139-143
  2. ↑ afromoths.net - Hyalobathra filalis
  3. ↑ * Hyalobathra filalis on africanmoths.com

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