Kingdom Animalia Family Crambidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Class Insecta Subfamily Spilomelinae Genus Filodes Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis, Achaea catella, Botyodes asialis, Cadarena | ||
Filodes costivitralis, the window pearl, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritania and central, southern and eastern Africa.
The larvae feed on Hibiscus sp. and Thunbergia species, including Thunbergia grandiflora.
Occasionally the adults drink tear liquid from cattle, and can be a vector of animal diseases
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