''Prophantis smaragdina'' is a species of
moth of the family
Crambidae described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found in subtropical Africa south of the
Sahara
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Food plants
The larvae of this species infest
coffee beans. Known food plants of this species are:
Rubiaceae (''
Coffea arabica
''Coffea arabica'' (), also known as the Arabic coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is currently the dominant cultivar, r ...
'', ''
Ixora coccinea'' and ''
Gardenia
''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis aft ...
'' sp.),
Verbenaceae (''
Duranta plumieri
''Duranta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains 17 species of shrubs and small trees that are native from southern Florida to Mexico and South America. They are commonly cultivated as hedges and ornament ...
''), and
Menispermaceae (''
Triclisia
''Triclisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae (botanical Latin: 'moonseed family' from Greek ''mene'' 'crescent moon' and ''sperma'' 'seed') is a family of flowering plants. The alkaloid tubocurarine ...
'' sp.).
[Guillermet, C. 2009a. ''Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion''. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae]
References
Bibliography
* Butler, A. G. 1875. "On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. (4)16(96):394–420.
Moths described in 1875
Spilomelinae
Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Mauritius
Moths of Réunion
Moths of São Tomé and Príncipe
Moths of the Middle East
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