Thliptoceras lacriphagum
Thliptoceras lacriphagum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Thliptoceras |
Species: | T. lacriphagum |
Binomial name | |
Thliptoceras lacriphagum Bänziger, 1987 | |
Thliptoceras lacriphagum is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Bänziger in 1987. It is found in Thailand.[1]
The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adult males are zoophilous and have been observed sucking lachrymation from the eye of a zebu and imbiding elephant skin secretions smeared onto vegetation.
Etymology
The species name refers to one of its feeding habits, i.e. the feeding upon lachrymal secretion.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Description of new moths which settle on man and animals in S. E. Asia (genera Thliptoceras, Hemiscopis, Toxobotys, Pyralidae, Lepid.)