''Ceutholopha isidis'' is a species of
snout moth in the genus ''
Ceutholopha
''Ceutholopha'' is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Zeller in 1867, and is known from Africa, Australia and India.
Species
* '' Ceutholopha isidis'' (Zeller, 1867)
* '' Ceutholopha petalocosma'' (Meyrick, 1882)
References
Phyciti ...
''. It was described by
Zeller in 1867, and is known from
Algeria,
Cyprus,
Egypt,
India,
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
,
Afghanistan,
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
,
Indonesia,
Iran,
Italy (Lampedusa),
Mauritius,
Morocco,
Namibia,
Nigeria,
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
,
South Africa,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
and the
United Arab Emirates. One specimen was caught on 18 August 2012, at
Dymchurch, England by J. E. Owen. The moth is either an
adventive
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there ...
, or a possible immigrant because it arrived during a period of immigration.
The larvae feed on ''
Acacia farnesiana
''Vachellia farnesiana'', also known as ''Acacia farnesiana'', and previously ''Mimosa farnesiana'', commonly known as sweet acacia, huisache, or needle bush, is a species of shrub or small tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its flowers are use ...
'', ''
Acacia tortilis'', ''
Rhus oxyacantha'' and ''
Acacia nilotica''.
References
Moths described in 1867
Phycitini
Moths of Africa
Moths of Asia
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