Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Synclera | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Hodebertia, Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis, Pterophorus wahlbergi, Botyodes asialis | ||
Synclera traducalis, the variegated pearl, is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Sweden, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Canary Islands, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, La Réunion, India and Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 20–23 millimetres (0.79–0.91 in).
Foodplants
The larvae feed on Gouania polygama, Ziziphus jujuba and Ziziphus mauritiana.
References
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