Donacaula niloticus

Donacaula niloticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Donacaula
Species:	D. niloticus
Binomial name
	Donacaula niloticus; (Zeller, 1867)
Synonyms
	Schoenobius niloticus Zeller, 1867; Donacaula nilotica; Schoenobius niloticus alpherakii Staudinger, 1874; Schoenobius alpherakii f. nigrolineata Popescu-Gorj & Draghia, 1968; Schoenobius argophthalmus Meyrick, 1933; Schoenobius niloticus vescerellus Chrétien, 1910;

Donacaula niloticus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece,^[2] China (Gansu),^[3] Turkey, Russia, India and North Africa, including Algeria and Egypt.^[1]

The forewings are luteous yellow with black spots and a white spot surrounded with black on the transverse vein. The hindwings are whitish with a transverse row of brownish spots posteriorly.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
^ "Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867)". Fauna Europaea. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
^ Lepiforum.de

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 19, 2012.

[2] "Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867)". Fauna Europaea. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

[3] Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.

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