Neoschoenobia testacealis

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Neoschoenobia testacealis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neoschoenobia
Species:
N. testacealis
Binomial name
Neoschoenobia testacealis
Hampson, 1900
Synonyms
  • Neoschoenobia decoloralisHampson, 1919

Neoschoenobia testacealis, the flower stalk-boring moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in China, the Russian Far East [1] and Japan. [2]

The larvae feed on Nuphar subintegerrima . They bore the flower stalks of their host plant. [3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Impact of the flower stalk-boring moth Neoschoenobia testacealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and water-level fluctuations on the flower and fruit production of the yellow water lily Nuphar subintegerrima (Nymphaeaceae) in irrigation ponds of western Japan