Isocentris filalis

Isocentris filalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Isocentris
Species:
I. filalis
Binomial name
Isocentris filalis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asopia filalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hyalobathra filalis
  • Botys holoxanthalis Mabille, 1881
  • Botys amoenalis Walker, 1866
  • Endotricha rhodophilalis Walker, 1866
  • Samea dives Butler, 1881
  • Hyalobathra metallogramma Meyrick, 1934
  • Hyalobathra veroniqueae Guillermet, 1996
  • Agrotera retinalis Saalmüller, 1880

Isocentris filalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Togo[2] Indonesia (Java), Myanmar and Taiwan.

Adults are bright yellow.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia virosa and Flueggea virosa.[3]

References

  1. ^ Maes, 2014. Notes on the Crambidae of Africa with new synonyms and combinations (Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae). Lambillionea CXIV, 2, 2014: 139-143
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Isocentris filalis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Isocentris filalis (Guenée, 1854)". African Moths. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
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