Eoreuma loftini

Eoreuma loftini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Haimbachiini
Genus: Eoreuma
Species:
E. loftini
Binomial name
Eoreuma loftini
(Dyar, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Chilo loftini Dyar, 1917
  • Chilo opinionellus Dyar, 1917

Eoreuma loftini, the Mexican rice borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917.[1] It is found in the southern United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Texas,[2] Louisiana and Florida. It is also found in Mexico.

The wingspan is about 12 mm.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ^ Pest Alert
  4. ^ Louisiana State University Agricultural Center


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