Euzophera perticella

Euzophera perticella is a species of snout moth in the genus Euzophera.

Euzophera perticella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Euzophera[1]
Species:
E. perticella
Binomial name
Euzophera perticella
Ragonot, 1888
Synonyms
  • Euzophera nilghirisella Ragonot, 1901
Euzophera perticella

Their larvae are a pest on Solanum melongena (Solanaceae).[2]

Distribution

This species is known from India and Sri Lanka.

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References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  2. Maxwell-Lefroy, H., 1909. Indian Insect Life: a Manual of the Insects of the Plains. 1-786
  • Gyan Swarup Arora, 2000. Studies on Some Indian Pyralid Species of Economic Importance, Part I Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Nymphulinae, Phycitinae and Galleriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) 1st Edition. Zoological Survey of India.


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