Euchromius mythus

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Euchromius mythus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Euchromiini
Genus: Euchromius
Species:
E. mythus
Binomial name
Euchromius mythus
Bleszynski, 1970

Euchromius mythus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It occurs in most of eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Malawi, the Comoros, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. [2] The habitat consists of moist and dry savanna and woodland areas, up to an altitude of 1,000 meters.

The length of the forewings is 13–22 mm. The groundcolour of the forewings is white to creamy white, densely suffused with ochreous to dark brown scales. The hindwings are creamy white to grey with a darkly bordered termen. Adults are on wing in March, April and May in most of the range, but also in June (in Tanzania), July (on Madagascar), August (on the Comoros) and September (in Zaire).

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  2. Microcoelia aurantiaca(Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
  3. Microcoelia bispiculataL.Jonss. - Madagascar
  4. Microcoelia bulbocalcarataL.Jonss. - Príncipe, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Rwanda
  5. Microcoelia caespitosa(Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - western and central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre and Uganda
  6. Microcoelia corallinaSummerh. - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi
  7. Microcoelia cornuta(Ridl.) Carlsward - Madagascar, Comoros
  8. Microcoelia decaryanaL.Jonss. - Madagascar
  9. Microcoelia dolichorhiza(Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
  10. Microcoelia elliotii(Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
  11. Microcoelia exilisLindl. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar
  12. Microcoelia gilpinae(Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh. - Madagascar
  13. Microcoelia globulosa(Hochst.) L.Jonss. - from Nigeria east to Eritrea, south to Angola and Zimbabwe
  14. Microcoelia hirschbergiiSummerh. - Zaïre, Zambia
  15. Microcoelia jonssoniiSzlach. & Olszewski - Central African Republic
  16. Microcoelia koehleri(Schltr.) Summerh. - from Nigeria to Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe
  17. Microcoelia konduensis(De Wild.) Summerh - western and central Africa
  18. Microcoelia leptostele(Summerh.) L.Jonss. - Central African Republic, Zaïre
  19. Microcoelia macrantha(H.Perrier) Summerh. - Madagascar
  20. Microcoelia macrorhynchia(Schltr.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - central Africa
  21. Microcoelia megalorrhiza(Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  22. Microcoelia microglossaSummerh. - central Africa
  23. Microcoelia moreauaeL.Jonss - Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  24. Microcoelia nyungwensisL.Jonss. - Rwanda
  25. Microcoelia obovataSummerh. - from Kenya south to KwaZulu-Natal
  26. Microcoelia ornithocephalaP.J.Cribb - Malawi
  27. Microcoelia perrieri(Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
  28. Microcoelia physophora(Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar
  29. Microcoelia sanfordiiL.Jonss - Cameroon
  30. Microcoelia smithii(Rolfe) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  31. Microcoelia stolzii(Schltr.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ↑ Revision of the species of the genus Euchromius Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) occurring in the Afrotropical region
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