Mampava bipunctella

Mampava bipunctella, the foxtail millet webworm, is a species of snout moth, and the type species in the genus Mampava. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888, and is known from India,[2] Papua New Guinea,[3] Malaysia (Sarawak), Taiwan, China, the Moluccas, Indonesia (Java, Borneo) and Japan.

Mampava bipunctella
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M. bipunctella
Binomial name
Mampava bipunctella
Ragonot, 1888
Synonyms
  • Anerastidia stramineipennis Strand, 1918
  • Anerastidia albivittella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901
  • Hypsotropha bipunctella Wileman, 1911
  • Rhinaphe dissocentra Meyrick, 1933

The larvae feed on sorghum and corn.[4]

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