Chilozela
| Chilozela | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chilozela Munroe, 1964[1] |
| Species: | C. trapeziana |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilozela trapeziana (Sepp, 1840) | |
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Chilozela is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Chilozela trapeziana, which is found from Costa Rica south to Peru.
The ground colour of the forewings is brownish-orange, the costal area with greyish-brown scales. All lines are brown.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Manihot esculenta.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ Costa Rican Glaphyriinae
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