Maruca amboinalis

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Maruca amboinalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Maruca
Species:
M. amboinalis
Binomial name
Maruca amboinalis
Synonyms
  • Siriocauta amboinalisC. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Siriocauta simialalisSnellen, 1880

Maruca amboinalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan von Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Indonesia (Ambon Island, Sumatra), [1] Taiwan [2] and Japan. [3]

The larvae feed on Pongamia pinnata . [4]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moths of Taiwan
  3. Japanese Moths
  4. National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources