Euchromius gnathosellus
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.
| Euchromius gnathosellus | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm. The groundcolour of the forewings is creamy white, densely suffused with ochreous to dark brown scales. The hindwings are grey-brown with a darkly bordered termen and a dark spot near the cubital veins. Adults are on wing from October to the beginning of December with a peak in the last two weeks of November.
References
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- Revision of the species of the genus Euchromius Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) occurring in the Afrotropical region
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