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Eoophyla nyasalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eoophyla

Eoophyla nyasalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1917. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The base of the forewings is pale orange, with a subbasal scattering of fuscous scales. The median area is suffused with fuscous and there is an orange streak between the middle of the costa and the tornus. The base of the hindwings is whitish with an orange antemedian fascia, suffused with fuscous scales. Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to March.

Subspecies

  • Eoophyla nyasalis nyasalis
  • Eoophyla nyasalis kenyalis Agassiz, 2012 (Kenya)
  • References

    Eoophyla nyasalis Wikipedia