Donacaula niloticus

Donacaula niloticus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece,[2] China (Gansu),[3] Turkey, Russia, India and North Africa, including Algeria and Egypt.[1]

Donacaula niloticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Donacaula[1]
Species:
D. niloticus
Binomial name
Donacaula niloticus
(Zeller, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius niloticus Zeller, 1867
  • Donacaula nilotica
  • Schoenobius niloticus alpherakii Staudinger, 1874
  • Schoenobius alpherakii f. nigrolineata Popescu-Gorj & Draghia, 1968
  • Schoenobius argophthalmus Meyrick, 1933
  • Schoenobius niloticus vescerellus Chrétien, 1910

The forewings are luteous yellow with black spots and a white spot surrounded with black on the transverse vein. The hindwings are whitish with a transverse row of brownish spots posteriorly.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  2. "Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867)". Fauna Europaea. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  4. Lepiforum.de


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