Biology:Conogethes pluto
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Conogethes |
| Species: | C. pluto
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| Binomial name | |
| Conogethes pluto (Butler, 1887)
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Conogethes pluto is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887.[1] It is found on the Solomon Islands and in Burma,[2] Thailand and Australia . The habitat consists of dry sclerophyll forests and wet lowland tropical rainforests.
The larvae feed on ginger species. They bore the stem of their host plant.[3]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Conogethes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
Wikidata ☰ Q19596455 entry
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