Thliptoceras lacriphagum

Thliptoceras lacriphagum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Thliptoceras
Species:	T. lacriphagum
Binomial name
	Thliptoceras lacriphagum; Bänziger, 1987

Thliptoceras lacriphagum is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Bänziger in 1987. It is found in Thailand.[1]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adult males have been observed sucking lachrymation (tears) from the eye of a zebu and eating elephant skin secretions smeared onto vegetation.

Etymology

The species name refers to one of its feeding habits, i.e. the feeding upon lachrymal secretion.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Bänziger, Hans (December 1987). "Description of new moths which settle on man and animals in S. E. Asia (genera Thliptoceras, Hemiscopis, Toxobotys, Pyralidae, Lepid.)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 94 (4): 671–681.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Bänziger, Hans (December 1987). "Description of new moths which settle on man and animals in S. E. Asia (genera Thliptoceras, Hemiscopis, Toxobotys, Pyralidae, Lepid.)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 94 (4): 671–681.