Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Tegostoma | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Aporodes floralis, Euchromius ocellea, Cynaeda dentalis, Euchromius | ||
Tegostoma comparalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, North Africa, India, Pakistan, the Near East, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, South Africa and Niger.
The wingspan is about 18 mm.
The larvae feed on Salsola kali and Tribulus terrestris.
References
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