Mampava bipunctella

Mampava bipunctella, the foxtail millet webworm, is a species of snout moth, and the type species in the genus Mampava. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888, and is known from India,[2] Papua New Guinea,[3] Malaysia (Sarawak), Taiwan, China, the Moluccas, Indonesia (Java, Borneo) and Japan.

Mampava bipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Mampava[1]
Species:
M. bipunctella
Binomial name
Mampava bipunctella
Ragonot, 1888
Synonyms
  • Anerastidia stramineipennis Strand, 1918
  • Anerastidia albivittella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901
  • Hypsotropha bipunctella Wileman, 1911
  • Rhinaphe dissocentra Meyrick, 1933

The larvae feed on sorghum and corn.[4]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  2. The Galleriinae of Japan
  3. BOLD Systems
  4. Survey on biological and ecological characters of Mampava bipunctella Ragonot (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)


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