Mampava rhodoneura

Mampava rhodoneura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mampava[1]
Species: M. rhodoneura
Binomial name
Mampava rhodoneura
(Turner, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Anerastria rhodoneura Turner, 1905

Mampava rhodoneura, the buffel grass seed caterpillar, is a species of snout moth in the genus Mampava. It was described by Turner in 1905, and is known from Queensland in Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Cenchrus pennisetiformis. They web together the heads of their host plant.[3]

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