Biology:Chilozela

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Short description: Genus of moths

Chilozela
Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 062 plate Chilozela trapeziana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Chilozela
Munroe, 1964[1]
Species:
C. trapeziana
Binomial name
Chilozela trapeziana
(Sepp, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) trapeziana Sepp, 1840
  • Botys jatrophalis Walker, 1859
  • Phlyctaenodes bifilalis Hampson, 1913

Chilozela is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Chilozela trapeziana, which is found from Costa Rica south to Peru.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Manihot esculenta.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
  2. Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 106 (1): 1–55. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50850552#page/7/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5099188 entry