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Conogethes pluto
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Conogethes
Species:	C. pluto
Binomial name
Conogethes pluto (Butler, 1887)
Synonyms
Omiodes pluto Butler, 1887

Conogethes pluto is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887. It is found on the Solomon Islands and in Burma, Thailand and Australia. The habitat consists of dry sclerophyll forests and wet lowland tropical rainforests.

The larvae feed on ginger species. They bore the stem of their host plant.

References

1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. Conogethes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

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