Elophila melagynalis

Last updated

Elophila melagynalis
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Elophila
Species:
E. melagynalis
Binomial name
Elophila melagynalis
(Agassiz, 1978) [1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphula melagynalisAgassiz, 1978 [2]

Elophila melagynalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 1978 from a specimen that was found in greenhouses of aquaristic plants in the United Kingdom but its exact origin was unknown. The author suggested the Far East. [3] The presence of this moths has also been stated in Réunion, Japan (the Ryukyus), Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Records from Fujian province in China proved to be an misidentification of Thysanoidma octalis . [4]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females. The inner half of the forewings is dark fuscous and the outer half is white. The hindwings are white. [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Elophila</i> Genus of moths

Elophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1822.

<i>Elophila obliteralis</i> Species of moth

Elophila obliteralis, the waterlily leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is native to eastern North America. It is an introduced species in Hawaii and South Africa.

Eoophyla nandinalis is a moth in the family Crambidae first described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.

Argyrophorodes angolensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.

Argyrophorodes suttoni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Elophila acornutus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda.

Elophila africalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. 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.

Elophila ealensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Elophila minima is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Uganda.

Eoophyla citrialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania, where it has been recorded from the Eastern Arc Mountains.

Eoophyla dentisigna is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.

Eoophyla euprepialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

Eoophyla grandifuscalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.

Eoophyla kingstoni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Malawi.

Eoophyla platyxantha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Eoophyla principensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe off the west coast of Africa.

Eoophyla ruwenzoriensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Uganda.

Eoophyla tanzanica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania.

Eoophyla munroei is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz and Wolfram Mey in 2011. It is found in South Africa.

Nymphicula hexaxantha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Elophila melagynalis (Agassiz, 1978)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  2. Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto37: 1–162.
  3. Agassiz, Entomologist's Gazette 1978 Vol. 29 No. 3 pp. 117-127
  4. Chen F, Wu C, Xue D. 2010. A review of the genus Elophila Hubner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae). Aquatic Insects 32(1): 35-60.
  5. 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.