Niphopyralis myrmecophila
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Niphopyralis |
Species: | N. myrmecophila
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Binomial name | |
Niphopyralis myrmecophila (Roepke, 1916)
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Niphopyralis myrmecophila is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Roepke in 1916. It is found in Indonesia (Java).[1]
The wingspan is about 22 mm.
Larvae have been recorded living in the nests of ants of the genus Oecophylla.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ repository.naturalis.nl