Scirpophaga praelata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Scirpophaga |
Species: | S. praelata
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Binomial name | |
Scirpophaga praelata | |
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Scirpophaga praelata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, the Benelux, Germany, Fennoscandia, Estonia and Latvia),[2] Russia, Turkey, Iran,[3] Syria, Lebanon, North Africa, Japan, Taiwan, China and Australia.[4]
The larvae feed on Scirpus species, including Scirpus lacustris, Scirpus validus, Scirpus mucronatus and Scirpus littoralis.