Elophila fengwhanalis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Elophila |
Species: | E. fengwhanalis
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Binomial name | |
Elophila fengwhanalis (Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila fengwhanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pryer in 1877.[1] It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tokara Islands), China and Korea.
The length of the forewings is 6.6-7.6 mm for males and 6.9-9.1 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is pale orange.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on an unidentified rice species. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 15–23 mm. They have a milky white body, suffused with pale brown and a pale brown head.[2]
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162. Abstract and full article: [1].