Euzophera perticella

Euzophera perticella is a species of snout moth in the genus Euzophera.

Euzophera perticella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Euzophera
Species:
E. perticella
Binomial name
Euzophera perticella
Ragonot, 1888
Synonyms
  • Euzophera nilghirisella Ragonot, 1901

Their larvae are a pest on Solanum melongena (Solanaceae).[1]

Distribution

This species is known from India and Sri Lanka.[2]

References
  1. Maxwell-Lefroy, H., 1909. Indian Insect Life: a Manual of the Insects of the Plains. 1-786
  2. "COMPARATIVE INFESTATION OF BRINJAL STEM BORER (Euzophera perticella) ON SIX AUBERGINE CULTIVARS AND CORRELATION WITH SOME MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  • Gyan Swarup Arora, 2000. Studies on Some Indian Pyralid Species of Economic Importance, Part I Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Nymphulinae, Phycitinae and Galleriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) 1st Edition. Zoological Survey of India.


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