Raphimetopus ablutella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Raphimetopus
Species:
R. ablutella
Binomial name
Raphimetopus ablutella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Anerastia ablutella Zeller, 1839
  • Anerastia flaveolellus Ragonot, 1877
  • Anerastia seeboldi Ragonot, 1894
  • Emmalocera seeboldi
  • Rhinaphe seeboldi
  • Raphimetopus buxtoni Rothschild, 1921
  • Raphimetopus stigmatella Ragonot, 1888

Raphimetopus ablutella, the green borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Raphimetopus. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1894. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece,[1] Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India and South Africa.[2]

The larvae have been recorded on Zea mays[3] and Saccharum officinarum. They bore the shoots of their host plant.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ General and Applied Entomology. Retrieved 2012-06-11 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "pnbkrishi.com". pnbkrishi.com. Retrieved 2012-06-11.


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