Scirpophaga occidentella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Scirpophaga |
Species: | S. occidentella |
Binomial name | |
Scirpophaga occidentella (Walker, 1863) | |
Synonyms | |
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Scirpophaga occidentella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. [1] It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Tanzania. [2]
The wingspan is 16–22 mm for males and 20–30 mm for females. [3]
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa . [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 aurivena is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in the Khasi Hills of north-eastern India.
Scirpophaga brunnealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Myanmar and Nepal.
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 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 gilviberbis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found on the Comoros and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Scirpophaga goliath is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hubert Marion and Pierre Viette in 1953. It is found on Madagascar.
Scirpophaga imparellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1878. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Scirpophaga magnella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1930. It is found in China, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Scirpophaga marginepunctellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1927. It is found in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.
Scirpophaga ochritinctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Scirpophaga ochroleuca is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. It is found on New Guinea and in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Scirpophaga percna is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1960. It is found on Sulawesi, on New Guinea and northern Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Scirpophaga phaedima is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1960. It is found in northern Australia.
Scirpophaga subumbrosa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Scirpophaga virginia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schultze in 1908. It is found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, western Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines.
Scirpophaga xantharrenes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1960. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Scirpophaga xanthogastrella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Taiwan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.