Cornifrons ulceratalis

Cornifrons ulceratalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece,[2] Morocco, Algeria[3] and the Canary Islands.

Cornifrons ulceratalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Cornifrons[1]
Species:
C. ulceratalis
Binomial name
Cornifrons ulceratalis
Lederer, 1858
Synonyms
  • Scoparia seriziatalis Oberthür, 1876

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Henophyton deserti and Sesamum indicum.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Long-distance wind-borne dispersal of the moth Cornifrons ulceratalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Evergestinae) into the northern Mediterranean
  4. Beitrag zur Microlepidopterenfauna des canarischen Archipels


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