Rupela leucatea

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Rupela leucatea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Rupela
Species:
R. leucatea
Binomial name
Rupela leucatea
(Zeller, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Scirpophaga leucateaZeller, 1863
  • Scirpophaga longicornisMöschler, 1890

Rupela leucatea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. [1] It is found in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Martinique, Antigua, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Peru. [2]

The wingspan is 22–38 mm for males and 25–53 mm for females. The wings are shining white. [3]

The larvae feed on Echinochloa polystachya .

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Rupela leucatea (Zeller, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. Heinrich, Carl (1937). "Moths of the Genus Rupela (Pyralididae: Schoenobiinae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 84 (3019): 355–388 via Internet Archive.