Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Elophila | |
Similar Elophila, Parapoynx, Acentropinae, Palpita nigropunctalis, Crambidae | ||
Elophila turbata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Butler in 1881. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima, Amami islands, the Ryukyus) and the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri).
The ground colour of the forewings is yellowish fulvous for males and dark brownish for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October in Japan.
The larvae feed on Spirodela polyrhiza, Trapa japonica, Salvinia natans and Lemna perpusilla. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. Older larvae create a portable case of leaf material and feed externally. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 15–20 mm. They have a greyish-white body.
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