Malickyella lobophoralis

Mayickyella lobophoralis is a snout moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896 in the genus Ambia based on specimens collected in the Indian states of Sikkim and Nagaland.[1]

Malickyella lobophoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Malickyella
Species:
M. lobophoralis
Binomial name
Malickyella lobophoralis
(Hampson, 1896)[1]

The species was formerly considered as a member of the Eoophyla lobophoralis species group in the Acentropinae, but was transferred to the newly created Spilomelinae genus Malickyella, of which M. lobophoralis is the type species.[2]

Neobalanocarpus heimii, a hardwood tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family, has been reported as the foodplant, where the larva feeds on the leaves.[3]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  2. Mey, Wolfram; Speidel, Wolfgang (2010). "Malickyella gen. nov. – a new moth genus in the family Crambidae (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from South-East Asia" (PDF). Denisia. 29: 215–222.
  3. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luiz M. (2010). "HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2022-06-07.


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