Palpita metallata

Palpita metallata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Palpita
Species: P. metallata
Binomial name
Palpita metallata
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena metallata Fabricius, 1781
  • Glyphodes ocellata Hampson, 1899
  • Glyphodes picticaudalis Hampson, 1908

Palpita metallata is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo, East Kasai, Orientale), Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]

The larvae feed on Funtumia species.

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths


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