Cornifrons ulceratalis

Cornifrons ulceratalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cornifrons
Species:
C. ulceratalis
Binomial name
Cornifrons ulceratalis
Lederer, 1858
Synonyms
  • Scoparia seriziatalis Oberthür, 1876

Cornifrons ulceratalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece,[1] Morocco, Algeria[2] and the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Henophyton deserti and Sesamum indicum.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Long-distance wind-borne dispersal of the moth Cornifrons ulceratalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Evergestinae) into the northern Mediterranean
  3. ^ Beitrag zur Microlepidopterenfauna des canarischen Archipels


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