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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 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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Moths described in 1908 Phycitini Moths of Asia {{Euzophera-stub