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Genus: | Bifascia Amsel, 1961 |
Species: | B. nigralbella |
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Bifascia nigralbella (Chretien, 1915) | |
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Bifascia nigralbella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Algeria, the northern Sahara, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, western Pakistan and India. [1] It has also been recorded from Spain. [2]
The larvae feed on the flowers of Acacia species, including Acacia farnesiana and Acacia horrida . They are 7 mm long and slender.
The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are held folded over the body at rest. The larvae are concealed feeders, either as leaf miners or within seeds or stems.
Thalaina clara, or Clara's satin moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia.
Anthela nicothoe, the urticating anthelid, is a moth of the family Anthelidae.
Ascalenia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Pseudascalenia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Bombycomorpha bifascia, the pepper-tree caterpillar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae, which is native to southern Africa.
Erechthias minuscula, the erechthias clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1897. It is widespread and has been recorded from Africa, Sri Lanka, Java, Australia, the Caroline Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Marquesas, the West Indies, Hawaii and Florida.
Calyciphora is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae, erected in 1960 by F. Kasy. It has a Palaearctic distribution, with species ranging from Western Europe to Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Gisilia stereodoxa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found along the coast of the Mediterranean area and Egypt to Iran and India. It has recently been recorded from Kenya and Namibia.
Bifascioides sindonia is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Aldabra in the Seychelles.
Gisilia sclerodes is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
Gisilia antidesma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in South Africa.
Tortilia is a genus of moths in the Stathmopodidae family.
The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.
Hypodoxa bryophylla, the green looper moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Gilbert M. Goldfinch in 1929. It is found in the Australian states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Carpatolechia minor is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Austria.
Netechma bifascia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.
Ascalenia imbella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kasy in 1975. It is found in southern Iran.
Calycobathra sahidanella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kasy in 1968. It is found in south-eastern Iran.
Nemapogon nigralbella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the Baltic region, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia.