Mampava rhodoneura
| Mampava rhodoneura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Mampava |
| Species: | M. rhodoneura |
| Binomial name | |
| Mampava rhodoneura (Turner, 1905) | |
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Mampava rhodoneura, the buffel grass seed caterpillar, is a species of snout moth in the genus Mampava. It was described by Turner in 1905, and is known from Queensland in Australia.[1]
The larvae feed on the seeds of Cenchrus pennisetiformis. They web together the heads of their host plant.[2]
References
- ^ Buffel grass: both friend and foe - An evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of buffel grass use, and recommendations for future research
- ^ "tropicalforages.info". Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2012-04-10.