Elophila africalis

Elophila africalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Elophila
Species: E. africalis
Binomial name
Elophila africalis
(Hampson, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Parthenodes africalis Hampson, 1906
  • Isopteryx enixalis Swinhoe, 1885
  • Cymoriza linealis Moore, 1888
  • Nymphula osculatrix Meyrick, 1933

Elophila africalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1906.[1] It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 12–16 mm for males and 16–22 mm for females. The forewings are dull orange-brown with a whitish subbasal and median fascia. The postmedian and subterminal fasciae are also whitish, but mixed with fuscous. The termen is dull orange. The base of the hindwings is dull orange and the postmedian area is dull orange with dark fuscous scales. Adults are on wing in February and from April to November, probably in continuous generations.[2]

The larvae feed on Azolla and Vossia species.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .
  3. Afro Moths


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