Elophila obliteralis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Elophila
- Species
- Elophila obliteralis
- Scientific Name
- Elophila obliteralis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Elophila obliteralis
Elophila obliteralis, the waterlily leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is native to eastern North America. It is an introduced species in Hawaii and South Africa.
The wingspan is 10–22 mm with the male being smaller than the female. Adults are on wing from May to August in North America.
The larvae feed on a wide range of aquatic plants, including Hydrilla verticillata, Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes, Nymphaea and Potamogeton species.
...Elophila obliteralis in languages:
- English
- Waterlily Leafcutter
- English
- Waterlily Leafcutter Moth
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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
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