Raphimetopus ablutella

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Raphimetopus ablutella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Raphimetopus
Species:
R. ablutella
Binomial name
Raphimetopus ablutella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Anerastia ablutellaZeller, 1839
  • Anerastia flaveolellusRagonot, 1877
  • Anerastia seeboldiRagonot, 1894
  • Emmalocera seeboldi
  • Rhinaphe seeboldi
  • Raphimetopus buxtoniRothschild, 1921
  • Raphimetopus stigmatellaRagonot, 1888

Raphimetopus ablutella, the green borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Raphimetopus . It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1894. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, [1] Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India and South Africa. [2]

The larvae have been recorded on Zea mays [3] and Saccharum officinarum . They bore the shoots of their host plant. [4]

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References

  1. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  3. General and Applied Entomology . Retrieved 2012-06-11 via Google Books.
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