Malgasochilo

Malgasochilo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Malgasochilo
Bleszynski, 1970[1]
Species: M. autarotellus
Binomial name
Malgasochilo autarotellus
Bleszynski, 1970

Malgasochilo is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Malgasochilo autarotellus, which is found in Madagascar (Nosy-Bé).[2] The forewings of this species are dull-greyish brown with a length of 12mm.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Bleszynski S. 1970b. New genera and species of tropical Crambiinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, part 48. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 113:1–26.
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