Biology:Malgasochilo

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Malgasochilo
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Chiloini
Genus: Malgasochilo
Bleszynski, 1970[1]
Species:
M. autarotellus
Binomial name
Malgasochilo autarotellus
Błeszyński, 1970

Malgasochilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Malgasochilo autarotellus, which is found in Madagascar (Nosy Be).[2] The forewings of this species are dull-greyish brown with a length of 12 mm.[3]

See also

  • List of moths of Madagascar

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. 
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Błeszyński, Stanisław (1970). "New genera and species of tropical Crambinae (studies on the Crambinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Part 48)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 113: 1-26. 

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