Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae > Filodes > Filodes costivitralis

Filodes costivitralis

Synonyms: Filodes productalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Filodes costivitralis, the window pearl, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritania and central, southern and eastern Africa. The larvae feed on Hibiscus sp. and Thunbergia species, including Thunbergia grandiflora. Occasionally the adults drink tear liquid from cattle, and can be a vector of animal diseases
View Wikipedia Record: Filodes costivitralis

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0