Malgasochilo

Malgasochilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Malgasochilo autarotellus, which is found in Madagascar (Nosy Be).[2] The forewings of this species are dull-greyish brown with a length of 12 mm.[3]

Malgasochilo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Chiloini
Genus: Malgasochilo
Bleszynski, 1970[1]
Species:
M. autarotellus
Binomial name
Malgasochilo autarotellus

See also

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Błeszyński, Stanisław (1970). "New genera and species of tropical Crambinae (studies on the Crambinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Part 48)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 113: 1–26.


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