Raphimetopus ablutella

Raphimetopus ablutella
Scientific classification
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]

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.
4. "pnbkrishi.com". pnbkrishi.com. Retrieved 2012-06-11.