Patania sabinusalis

Patania sabinusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Patania
Species: P. sabinusalis
Binomial name
Patania sabinusalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys sabinusalis Walker, 1859
  • Pleuroptya sabinusalis
  • Syllepte sabinusalis
  • Sylepta imbutalis var. taihokualis Strand, 1918
  • Pyrausta faecalis Strand, 1918

Patania sabinusalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu, Equateur, Orientale), Kenya, the Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Sri Lanka, India, Borneo, Java, Fiji, the Solomon Islands,[2] Taiwan[3] and Japan.

The larvae feed on Boehmeria nivea, Urera hypselodendron and Triumfetta species.

References

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


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