Conocramboides

Conocramboides is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. Its only species, Conocramboides seychellellus, described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910, is found in the Seychelles, Réunion and in Mauritius.[3]

Conocramboides
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Conocramboides

Species:
C. seychellellus
Binomial name
Conocramboides seychellellus
Synonyms
  • Crambus emmerezellus de Joannis, 1915
  • Crambus seychellellus T. B. Fletcher, 1910

Subspecies

  • Conocramboides seychellellus seychellellus from Seychelles
  • Conocramboides seychellellus emmerezellus (de Joannis, 1915) from La Réunion and Mauritius

Ecology

Food plants of the larvae of this species are Poaceae (Cynodon dactylon, Axonopus compressus, Digitaria didactyla, Zoysia matrella and Cynodon dactylon)[4][5]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. Bleszynski 1970, "New Genera and Species of Tropical Crambinae (Studies on the Crambinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Part 48)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 113: 18
  3. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Conocramboides seychellellus (Fletcher T. B., 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  4. de Joannis, J. 1915. "Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Mission de M. P. Carié. 1910–1913)". - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:1–18; pl. 1.
  5. Guillermet, C. 2009a. "Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion". Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. :1–552, pls. 1–11.


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