Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis - Lined pearl

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Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Bulawayo

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
PoaceaeBrachiaria (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
PoaceaeImperata cylindrica (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaeOryza sativa (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaePanicum maximum (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaePanicum trichocladum (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaeSetaria sphacelata (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaeSorghum bicolor (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaeZea mays (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Pinhey, E.C.G. (1979), Moths of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 69.
http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/cnaphalocrocis_trapezalis.htm

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis .
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401880, retrieved 29 March 2025

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