Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species P. ghesquierei | |
Similar Tirathaba mundella, Butterflies and moths, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus, Tirathaba rufivena, Gastrimargus | ||
Pimelephila is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Pimelephila ghesquierei, is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, East Kasai, Equateur) and Ghana.
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum.
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