Nausinoe geometralis

Nausinoe geometralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It can be found in western, southern and eastern Africa, from Ghana to South Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean as well as in Australasia, Australia and India.[1]

Nausinoe geometralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Nausinoe
Species:
N. geometralis
Binomial name
Nausinoe geometralis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Lepyrodes geometralis Guenée, 1854
  • Lepyrodes geometricalis Lederer, 1863 (misspelling)

Known host plants of N. geometralis are Oleaceae species, especially in the genus Jasminum.[2][3]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 30, 2018.[ afromoths]
  2. Guillermet, C. (2009). Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion, Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. Association Nature, Découverte et Partage/Parc National de La Réunion. pp. 1–552.
  3. Bodlah, M. A.; Bodlah, I.; Niaz, Y.; Rasheed, M. T.; Nawaz, M.; Ali, H.; Ali, S.; Ikram, K.; Mudassir, M. A.; Gull e Fareen, A. (2022). "Nausinoe geometralis (Guenee, 1854) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) a new pest associated with jasmine in Punjab, Pakistan". Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 33 (2023) (2): 1–6. doi:10.36899/JAPS.2023.2.0633.


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