Eulophonotus myrmeleon

Eulophonotus myrmeleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Eulophonotus
Species: E. myrmeleon
Binomial name
Eulophonotus myrmeleon
Felder, 1874

Eulophonotus myrmeleon is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

The larvae feed on Trichilia, Triplochiton scleroxylon, Cola acuminata, Cola nitida, Acalypha, Theobroma cacao, Populus and Combretum.[2]

References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
  2. Afro Moths