Eoophyla nyasalis

Eoophyla nyasalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eoophyla
Species:	E. nyasalis
Binomial name
	Eoophyla nyasalis; (Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
	Aulacodes nyasalis Hampson, 1917;

Eoophyla nyasalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The base of the forewings is pale orange, with a subbasal scattering of fuscous scales. The median area is suffused with fuscous and there is an orange streak between the middle of the costa and the tornus. The base of the hindwings is whitish with an orange antemedian fascia, suffused with fuscous scales. Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to March.[3]

Subspecies

Eoophyla nyasalis nyasalis
Eoophyla nyasalis kenyalis Agassiz, 2012 (Kenya)

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Eoophyla nyasalis (Hampson, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. ISBN 978-1-86977-986-3.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Eoophyla nyasalis (Hampson, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[3] Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. ISBN 978-1-86977-986-3.