Albusambia
| Albusambia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Musotiminae |
| Genus: | Albusambia Solis & Davis in Solis, Davis & Nishida, 2005[1] |
| Species: | A. elaphoglossumae
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| Binomial name | |
| Albusambia elaphoglossumae Solis & Davis in Solis, Davis & Nishida, 2005
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Albusambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Albusambia elaphoglossumae, which is found in Central America, where it has been recorded from the Costa Rican San José and Cartago Provinces at altitudes between 2,300 and 3,100 meters.
The larvae feed on Elaphoglossum conspersum. They mine the fronds of their host plant.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Solis, MA; Davis, DR; Nishida, K. "Life history and systematics of Albusambia elaphoglossumae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): a new genus and species of musotimine with leaf-mining biology from Costa Rica". Rev Biol Trop. 53: 487–501. doi:10.15517/rbt.v53i3-4.14617. PMID 17354458.