Biology:Pimelephila
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Pimelephila Tams, 1930[1] |
| Species: | P. ghesquierei
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelephila ghesquierei Tams, 1930
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Pimelephila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pimelephila ghesquierei, is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, East Kasai, Equateur) and Ghana.
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx.
- ↑ Afro Moths
Wikidata ☰ Q7194626 entry
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