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Eoreuma loftini (Mexican rice borer)

Synonyms: Eoreuma opinionellus

Wikipedia Abstract

Eoreuma loftini, the Mexican rice borer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1917. It is found in the southern United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona and Texas, Louisiana and Florida. It is also found in Mexico. The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are light tan. The forewings with a small black central dot and two faint, blackish longitudinal streaks.
View Wikipedia Record: Eoreuma loftini

Prey / Diet

Oryza sativa (rice)[1]
Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane)[1]
Sorghum halepense (aleppo milletgrass)[1]
Zea mays (corn)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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