Kingdom Animalia Family Pyralidae Genus Raphimetopus Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
Similar Butterflies and moths, Tathorhynchus exsiccata, Agrotis spinifera, Ctenoplusia limbirena, Hypena obsitalis | ||
The Green Borer (Raphimetopus ablutella) is a species of snout moth in the genus Raphimetopus. It was described by Ragonot in 1894. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India and South Africa.
The larvae have been recorded on Zea mays and Saccharum officinarum. They bore the shoots of their host plant.
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