Nausinoe geometralis

Nausinoe geometralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It can be found in western, southern and eastern Africa, from Ghana to South Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean as well as in Australasia, Australia and India.[1]

Nausinoe geometralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Nausinoe
Species:
N. geometralis
Binomial name
Nausinoe geometralis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Lepyrodes geometralis Guenée, 1854
  • Nausinoe geometricalis Lederer, 1863

Known host plants of this species are Oleaceae and Jasminum species.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 30, 2018.[ afromoths]
  2. Guillermet, 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. - — :1–552, pls. 1–11.


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