Euzophera Cocciphaga
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''Euzophera cocciphaga'' is a species of
snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...
in the genus '' Euzophera''. It was described by
George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1908 and is known from
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. This species has a wingspan of 24 mm and the larvae lives under a Coccidae (scale insect) on which it feeds.Hampson, 1907. The moths of India. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' V.18.
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Moths described in 1908 Phycitini Moths of Asia {{Euzophera-stub