Palpita metallata
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Palpita |
Species: | P. metallata
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Binomial name | |
Palpita metallata (Fabricius, 1781)
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Palpita metallata is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo, East Kasai, Orientale), Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]
The larvae feed on Funtumia species.
References
[edit]- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Afro Moths