Elophila africalis

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Elophila africalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Elophila
Species:
E. africalis
Binomial name
Elophila africalis
(Hampson, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Parthenodes africalisHampson, 1906
  • Isopteryx enixalisC. Swinhoe, 1885
  • Cymoriza linealisMoore, 1888
  • Nymphula osculatrixMeyrick, 1933

Elophila africalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. [1] It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 12–16 mm for males and 16–22 mm for females. The forewings are dull orange brown with a whitish subbasal and median fascia. The postmedian and subterminal fasciae are also whitish, but mixed with fuscous. The termen is dull orange. The base of the hindwings is dull orange and the postmedian area is dull orange with dark fuscous scales. Adults are on wing in February and from April to November, probably in continuous generations. [2]

The larvae feed on Azolla and Vossia species. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1. ISBN   978-1-86977-986-3.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Elophila africalis (Hampson, 1906)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 24, 2018.


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