Scirpophaga gilviberbis Zeller, 1863
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C42F-FFB8-62F6-F90DFBB09D9F |
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Plazi |
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Scirpophaga gilviberbis Zeller, 1863 |
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Scirpophaga gilviberbis Zeller, 1863 View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Grass moth or Crambid Snout Moth.
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Java, Kenya, Namibia , Myanmar, Singapore, South Africa, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Upper Luangwa Valley, in Muchinga Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include one yet to be identified Poaceae species, Oryza sp. ( Pinhey 1975) . The African Moths (2019) webpage names the Poaceae species, Oryza sativa L., as the larval foodplant for the taxon.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Pinhey 1975.
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