Lamprosema niphealis

Lamprosema niphealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found on the Chagos Archipelago, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orientale, East Kasai, Equateur, Katanga, Bas Congo), Kenya, Maldives, Seychelles (Mahé, Fregate, Silhouette, Denis) and Sierra Leone, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.[2]

Lamprosema niphealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Lamprosema
Species:
L. niphealis
Binomial name
Lamprosema niphealis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys niphealis Walker, 1859
  • Botys epastalis Swinhoe, 1885
  • Lamprosema niphealis ab. rufaurina Ghesquière, 1942

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Lamprosema niphealis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 28, 2018.


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