Mascelia ectophoea

Mascelia ectophoea
Mascelia ectophoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mascelia[1]
Hampson, 1930
Species: M. ectophoea
Binomial name
Mascelia ectophoea
(Hampson, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Euzophera ectophoea Hampson, 1908
  • Euzophera ectophaea

Mascelia ectophoea is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Mascelia. It was described by Hampson in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka and in India.[2]

This species has a wingspan of 18mm.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ George Mathew, 2006. AN INVENTORY OF INDIAN PYRALIDS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE). Zoos' Print Journal 21(5): 2245-2258
  3. ↑ Hampson, 1907. The moths of India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society V.18.
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