Palpita metallata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Palpita |
Species: | P. metallata |
Binomial name | |
Palpita metallata (Fabricius, 1781) | |
Synonyms | |
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Palpita metallata is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo, East Kasai, Orientale), Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. [2]
The larvae feed on Funtumia species.
The Pyraloidea are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are generally fairly small moths, and as such, they have been traditionally associated with the paraphyletic Microlepidoptera.
Argyrophodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Eporidia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Eporidia dariusalis, is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Togo.
Pimelephila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pimelephila ghesquierei, is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.
Sphaerodeltis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Sphaerodeltis psammoleuca, which is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pioneabathra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pioneabathra olesialis, which is found on the Comoros and the Seychelles and in Mali, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Yemen (Socotra), Zambia, India, Sri Lanka and Australia.
Nausinoella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nausinoella aphrospila, which is found on the Comoros and Seychelles (Aldabra), as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
Omiodes indicata, the bean-leaf webworm moth or soybean leaf folder, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from Florida to Texas, the West Indies and Mexico to South America, Cameroon, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Seychelles, South Africa, India, Borneo and Australia (Queensland).
Eoophyla accra is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Strand in 1913. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ghana, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Eoophyla mimicalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
Prionotalis balia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams in 1932. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya.
Syllepte vagans, the leaden pearl, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Tutt in 1890. It is found in South Africa, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is recorded infrequently in the Great Britain through accidental import.
Palpita bonjongalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.
Palpita aethrophanes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Palpita horocrates is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pycnarmon pseudohesusalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Strand in 1920. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi.
Sameodesma xanthocraspia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Syllepte patagialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1852. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and on the Comoros.
Syllepte xanthothorax is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.
Zebronia phenice is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stoll in 1782. It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.