Ephelis cruentalis

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Ephelis cruentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Odontiinae
Genus: Ephelis
Species:E. cruentalis
Binomial name
Ephelis cruentalis
(Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Uresiphita cruentalisGeyer, 1832
  • Ephelis bourjotalisDuponchel, 1833
  • Ephelis badialisTreitschke, 1835
  • Pionea cruentalis

Ephelis cruentalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1832. [1] It is found in southern Europe, from France east to Italy and Greece to Turkey and further east into central Asia.

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