Sufetula minimalis

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Sufetula minimalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Sufetula
Species:
S. minimalis
Binomial name
Sufetula minimalis

Sufetula minimalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1911 and is found in the Chagos Archipelago and the Seychelles, both in the Indian Ocean. [1]

The larvae have been recorded on coconut.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Sufetula minimalis Fletcher T. B., 1910". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.