Elophila orientalis

Elophila orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Elophila
Species:	E. orientalis
Binomial name
	Elophila orientalis; (Filipjev, 1933)
Synonyms
	Nymphula orientalis Filipjev, 1933;

Elophila orientalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1933.[1] It is found in China,[2] Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Russian Far East (Ussuri).

The length of the forewings is 7.7-8.5 mm for males and 7.9-10.8 mm for females. The forewings are pale orange.

The larvae probably feed on Phragmites species. They create a portable case of leaf fragments. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 15–18 mm.[3]

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Chen, F.-Q. , C.-S. Wu & D.-Y. Xue Chen, Fuqiang; Wu, Chunsheng; Xue, Dayong (2010). "A review of the genusElophilaHübner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae)". Aquatic Insects. 32: 35–60. doi:10.1080/01650420903337633.
Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162.

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[1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Chen, F.-Q. , C.-S. Wu & D.-Y. Xue Chen, Fuqiang; Wu, Chunsheng; Xue, Dayong (2010). "A review of the genusElophilaHübner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae)". Aquatic Insects. 32: 35–60. doi:10.1080/01650420903337633.

[3] Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162.