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Euchromius gnathosellus

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Euchromius gnathosellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Euchromiini
Genus: Euchromius
Species:
E. gnathosellus
Binomial name
Euchromius gnathosellus
Schouten, 1988

Euchromius gnathosellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found from west to central Africa, including Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists mainly of plantation areas mixed with pockets of secondary forest.

The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm. Adults are on wing from October to the beginning of December with a peak in the last two weeks of November.

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ^ Revision of the species of the genus Euchromius Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) occurring in the Afrotropical region