Scirpophaga nivella

Scirpophaga nivella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga
Species: S. nivella
Binomial name
Scirpophaga nivella
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Tinea nivella Fabricius, 1794
  • Crambus niveus Fabricius, 1798
  • Scirpophaga chrysorrhoa Zeller, 1863
  • Scirpophaga auriflua Zeller, 1863
  • Scirpophaga brunnescens Moore, 1888
  • Schoenobius celidias Meyrick, 1894
  • Scirpophaga euclastalis Strand, 1918

Scirpophaga nivella, the sugarcane top borer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Fabricius in 1794.[1] It is found in China (Henan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, on the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, western Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, on Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Timor, Aru, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm.[3] The forewings of the males are ochreous white and the hindwings are white. Both the fore- and hindwings of the females are ochreous white with an ochreous yellow anal tuft.

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Scirpus, Cyperus, Eleocharis (including Eleocharis dulcis) and Calidum articulatum.[4] The larvae are off-white with a reddish dorsal line.

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  4. ↑ Scirpophaga at funet


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