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Neoschoenobia testacealis

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Neoschoenobia testacealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neoschoenobia
Species:
N. testacealis
Binomial name
Neoschoenobia testacealis
Hampson, 1900
Synonyms
  • Neoschoenobia decoloralis Hampson, 1919

Neoschoenobia testacealis, the flower stalk-boring moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in China, the Russian Far East[1] and Japan.[2]

The larvae feed on Nuphar subintegerrima. They bore the flower stalks of their host plant.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Japanese Moths
  3. ^ Impact of the flower stalk-boring moth Neoschoenobia testacealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and water-level fluctuations on the flower and fruit production of the yellow water lily Nuphar subintegerrima (Nymphaeaceae) in irrigation ponds of western Japan