Biology:Scirpophaga ochritinctalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Scirpophaga ochritinctalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga
Species:
S. ochritinctalis
Binomial name
Scirpophaga ochritinctalis
(Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius ochritinctalis Hampson, 1919
  • Scirpophaga macrostoma Meyrick, 1933

Scirpophaga ochritinctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai-Occidental, Bas-Congo), Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[2]

The wingspan is 24–31 mm for males and 27–39 mm for females.[3]

References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved July 15, 2014. 
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Scirpophaga ochritinctalis (Hampson, 1919)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SCIROCHR. Retrieved November 1, 2018. 
  3. Lewvanich, Angoon (June 25, 1981). "A revision of the Old World species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series 42 (4): 185–298. https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis42entolond#page/185/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14718849 entry