Eoophyla leucostola

Eoophyla leucostola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eoophyla
Species: E. leucostola
Binomial name
Eoophyla leucostola
(Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Argyractis leucostola Hampson, 1917

Eoophyla leucostola is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in Malawi and Tanzania.[2]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are white, the costa suffused with dark fuscous. There is a fuscous median fascia and a brownish mark in the disc. The hindwings are white with a yellow subbasal fascia, as well as a fuscous antemedian spot near the dorsum. Adults have been recorded on wing in May, August and October.[3]

References

  1. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .


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