Eoophyla tetropalis
| Eoophyla tetropalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eoophyla |
| Species: | E. tetropalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eoophyla tetropalis (Hampson, 1906) | |
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Eoophyla tetropalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1906.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[2]
The wingspan is 9–16 millimetres (0.35–0.63 in). The costa of the forewings is blackish in the basal half, interrupted with yellow. The base is white. There is a dark fuscous subbasal dot on the dorsum and a yellowish antemedian fascia, as well as two parallel fuscous lines. The base of the hindwings is white, with a yellow subbasal fascia and a white scattering of dark fuscous scales. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July, September and from November to February.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Eoophyla tetropalis (Hampson, 1906)". Afro Moths. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ↑ Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .
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