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Bocchoris inspersalis

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(Redirected from Desmia stellalis) Species of moth

Dotted sable
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Bocchoris
Species: B. inspersalis
Binomial name
Bocchoris inspersalis
(Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Botys inspersalis Zeller, 1852
  • Desmia afflictalis Guenée, 1854
  • Aediodes bootanalis Walker, 1866
  • Hymenia pusaensis Bhattacherjee, 1973
  • Desmia stellalis Butler, 1879

Bocchoris inspersalis, the dotted sable, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It can be found in subtropical Africa South of the Sahara, many islands of the Indian Ocean, South and East Asia, from India to Japan.

Foodplants

The larvae feed on Malvaceae (Triplochiton scleroxylon).

References

  1. Africanmoths.com
  2. afromoths.net

External links

Taxon identifiers
Bocchoris inspersalis


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