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Raphimetopus ablutella

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Green Borer (Raphimetopus ablutella) is a species of snout moth in the genus Raphimetopus. It was described by Ragonot in 1894. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India and South Africa. The larvae have been recorded on Zea mays and Saccharum officinarum. They bore the shoots of their host plant.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass)[1]

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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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