Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Acentropinae | |
Similar Elophila, Parapoynx, Crambidae | ||
Elophila melagynalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It was described from a specimen that was found in greenhouses of aquaristic plants in the United Kingdom but its exact origin was unknown. The author suggested the Far East. The presence of this moths has also been stated in La Réunion, Japan (the Ryukyus), Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Records from Fujian province in China proved to be an misidentification of Thysanoidma octalis.
The wingspan is 9–11 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females. The inner half of the forewings is dark fuscous and the outer half is white. The hindwings are white.
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