Neopediasia

Neopediasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neopediasia
Okano, 1962[1]
Species: N. mixtalis
Binomial name
Neopediasia mixtalis
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Crambus mixtalis Walker, 1863
  • Crambus atrisquamalis Hampson, 1900
  • Crambus atrisquamalis f. rubra Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
  • Crambus atrisquamalis f. rubrotinctus Caradja & Meyrick, 1937
  • Crambus columbinellus South in Leech & South, 1901
  • Crambus trimarginipunctus Filipjev, 1927
  • Crambus trimarginepunctus Bleszynski & Collins, 1962

Neopediasia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Masao Okano in 1962. Its only species, Neopediasia mixtalis, described by Francis Walker in 1863, is found in the Russian Far East, China (Sichuan, Shensi, Yunnan, Shantung, Kansu, Kiangsu, Manchuria), Korea and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Panicum species.

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Neopediasia Okano, 1962". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Japanese Moths
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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