Scirpophaga magnella

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Scirpophaga magnella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga
Species:
S. magnella
Binomial name
Scirpophaga magnella
de Joannis, 1930

Scirpophaga magnella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1930. [1] It is found in China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang), Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. [2]

The wingspan is 25–40 mm for males and 32–49 mm for females. [3]

The larvae feed on Tripidium bengalense (synonyms Saccharum bengalense and Erianthus munja). [4]

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Scirpophaga auristrigellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Guangxi, China, India and Bhutan.

Scirpophaga excerptalis, the white top borer or sugarcane top borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in southern Asia from the Indian Subcontinent in the west to southern China in the east, south to New Guinea, possibly Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Scirpophaga flavidorsalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Yunnan, China, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, western Malaysia, Java, the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.

Scirpophaga fusciflua is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Taiwan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

Scirpophaga gotoi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Angoon Lewvanich in 1981. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu and Guangdong and in Japan.

Scirpophaga humilis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wang, Li and Chen in 1986. It is found in China.

Scirpophaga khasis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Angoon Lewvanich in 1981. It is found in Yunnan in China and in India.

Scirpophaga lineata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in China, Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Scirpophaga linguatella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Fu-Qiang Chen, Shi-Mei Song and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2006. It is found in Yunnan, China.

Scirpophaga nivella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in southern Asia from the Indian Subcontinent in the west to southern China in the east, south to New Guinea and Australia, including New Caledonia and Fiji. Some sources have affixed the common name "sugarcane top borer" to it, despite it not being found in sugarcane, because they are confused with the species Scirpophaga excerptalis, which is an actual borer in the tops of sugarcane. Another newer common name that has been invented for these moths is "white rice borer".

Scirpophaga parvalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1911. It is found in China, Japan and Korea.

Scirpophaga tongyaii is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Angoon Lewvanich in 1981. It is found in China, India, Myanmar and Thailand.

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References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201 (inactive 14 January 2025). Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2025 (link)
  3. Lewvanich, Angoon (June 25, 1981). "A revision of the Old World species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series. 42 (4): 185–298 via Internet Archive.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.