Mampava rhodoneura
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Mampava |
Species: | M. rhodoneura
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Binomial name | |
Mampava rhodoneura (Turner, 1905)
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Mampava rhodoneura, the buffel grass seed caterpillar, is a species of snout moth in the genus Mampava. It was described by Turner in 1905, and is known from Queensland in Australia.[1]
The larvae feed on the seeds of Cenchrus pennisetiformis. They web together the heads of their host plant.[2]
References
- ^ Buffel grass: both friend and foe - An evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of buffel grass use, and recommendations for future research
- ^ "tropicalforages.info". Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2012-04-10.