Elophila nigralbalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Elophila
- Species
- Elophila nigralbalis
- Scientific Name
- Elophila nigralbalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Elophila nigralbalis
Elophila nigralbalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1925. It is found in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, the Ryukyus), Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan.
The length of the forewings is 4.8-5.7 mm for males and 6.3-7.3 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Azolla species and Marsilea quadrifolia. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 11–15 mm.
...Elophila nigralbalis in languages:
- Chinese
- 黑紋塘水螟
- Japanese
- ソトキマダラミズメイガ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Elophila acornutus
- Elophila africalis
- Elophila aristodora
- Elophila atlantica
- Elophila bourgognei
- Elophila brunnildalis
- Elophila daemonalis
- Elophila difflualis
- Elophila drumalis
- Elophila ealensis
- Elophila ekthlipsis
- Elophila faulalis
- Elophila feili
- Elophila fengwhanalis
- Elophila fluvialis
- Elophila gyralis
- Elophila icciusalis
- Elophila interruptalis
- Elophila manilensis
- Elophila maralis
- Elophila melagynalis
- Elophila minima
- Elophila minimalis
- Elophila miurai
- Elophila nebulosalis
- Elophila nigralbalis
- Elophila nigrolinealis
- Elophila nuda
- Elophila nymphaeata
- Elophila obliteralis
- Elophila occidentalis
- Elophila orientalis
- Elophila radiospinula
- Elophila responsalis
- Elophila rivulalis
- Elophila roesleri
- Elophila scitalis
- Elophila separatalis
- Elophila sinicalis
- Elophila tinealis
- Elophila turbata
- Elophola scitalis