''Euzophera cocciphaga'' is a species of
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...
in the genus ''
Euzophera
''Euzophera'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867.
Species
*Subgenus ''Euzophera'' Zeller, 1867
**'' Euzophera albicostalis'' Hampson, 1903
**''Euzophera alpherakyella'' Ragonot, 1887
**'' Euzophera b ...
''. 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 ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
This species has a wingspan of 24 mm and the larvae lives under a
Coccidae
The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be cover ...
(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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References
Moths described in 1908
Phycitini
Moths of Asia
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