Patania ultimalis

Patania ultimalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Patania
Species: P. ultimalis
Binomial name
Patania ultimalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys ultimalis Walker, 1859
  • Pleuroptya ultimalis

Patania ultimalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] Burma,[2] Japan,[3] Taiwan and Australia.

The wingspan is 25–27 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Idesia polycarpa.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Pleuroptya at funet
  3. ↑ Japanese Moths
  4. ↑ gaga.biodiv.tw
  5. ↑ Sugi, Shigero., 1999: Larva of Pleuroptya ultimalis Walker Pyralidae, Pyraustinae feeding on Idesia polycarpa Flacourtiaceae. Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 1 May; 203: 50


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