Maruca amboinalis

Maruca amboinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Maruca
Species: M. amboinalis
Binomial name
Maruca amboinalis
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Siriocauta amboinalis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Siriocauta simialalis Snellen, 1880

Maruca amboinalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Cajetan von Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Indonesia (Ambon Island, Sumatra),[1] Taiwan[2] and Japan.[3]

The larvae feed on Pongamia pinnata.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Moths of Taiwan
  3. ↑ Japanese Moths
  4. ↑ National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources
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