| Elophila turbata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Elophila |
| Species: | E. turbata |
| Binomial name | |
| Elophila turbata (Butler, 1881) | |
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Elophila turbata is a moth in the family Crambidae found in Africa and Asia. It was first described by the English entomologist Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881 from a specimen found in Yokohama, Japan. [1] [2]
Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October in Japan.
The larvae feed on common duckweed ( Spirodela polyrhiza ), floating fern ( Salvinia natans ), Trapa japonica and Lemna perpusilla . [3] [4]
The tiny parasitoid godzilla wasp ( Microgaster godzilla ) dive in ponds to hunt aquatic larvae, laying their eggs inside the bodies of other insects. In the case of Elophila turbata the wasp hunt the older larvae living in cases near the water's surface. The wasp larvae hatch and eat their host from the inside out. [5]
'Elophila turbata is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima, Amami islands, the Ryukyus) and the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri). [2]
Nymphula nitidulata, the beautiful china-mark, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is found in Europe, Japan (Hokkaido), Turkey, Armenia, Russia and China.
Elophila nymphaeata, the brown china mark, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Elophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1822.
Parapoynx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Potamomusa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Usingeriessa onyxalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is native to southern Texas, Mexico and Central America. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
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.
Acentropinae is a fairly small subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. Species of this subfamily are exclusively found in wetlands and aquatic habitats.
Elophila difflualis is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1880. It is found in South-East Asia, in Australia and Réunion but has also be introduced to the United Kingdom.
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. The presence of this moths has also been stated in Réunion, Japan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Elophila fengwhanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pryer in 1877. It is found in Japan, China and Korea.
Elophila interruptalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pryer in 1877. It is found in Japan, China and Korea.
Elophila nigralbalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1925. It is found in Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan.
Elophila occidentalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Harry Lange in 1956. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona and Nebraska.
Elophila orientalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1933. It is found in China, Japan and the Russian Far East (Ussuri).
Elophila separatalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in China, North Korea and Honshu, Japan.
Elophila sinicalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found in Japan on Honshu, Kyushu and the Gotō Islands, in China and Korea.
Nymphula corculina is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
Potamomusa midas is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in Japan, China, the Russian Far East and Korea.
Microgaster godzilla is a species of aquatic parasitoid wasp from Japan. Its host is the caterpillar Elophila turbata. The wasp is named after Godzilla.