Rupela leucatea

Rupela leucatea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Rupela
Species: R. leucatea
Binomial name
Rupela leucatea
(Zeller, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Scirpophaga leucatea Zeller, 1863
  • Scirpophaga longicornis Möschler, 1890

Rupela leucatea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863.[1] It is found in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Martinique, Antigua, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is 22–38 mm for males and 25–53 mm for females. The wings are shining white.[3]

The larvae feed on Echinochloa polystachya.

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Rupela leucatea (Zeller, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Heinrich, Carl (1937). "Moths of the Genus Rupela (Pyralididae: Schoenobiinae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 84 (3019): 355–388 – via Internet Archive.


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