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Piletocera reunionalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Piletocera

Piletocera reunionalis

Similar
  
Diaphania indica, Glyphodes, Herpetogramma, Hypena, Crambidae

Piletocera reunionalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to La RĂ©union where it is very common.

It has a wingspan ranging from 9 to 16 mm and is hard to distinguish from Piletocera viperalis. It occurs in different colorations: clear, grey and dark.

References

Piletocera reunionalis Wikipedia