Niphograpta
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Nomophilini |
| Genus: | Niphograpta Warren, 1892[1][2] |
| Species: | N. albiguttalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Niphograpta albiguttalis (Warren, 1889)[3] | |
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Niphograpta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Niphograpta albiguttalis, the water hyacinth moth,. It is native to the Amazon basin, but has been introduced in North America (where it is found from Florida, along the gulf coast to Louisiana and Texas), Africa[4] and Australia (where it is found in Queensland and New South Wales)[5] to control the spread of water hyacinth.
The wingspan is 18–21 millimetres (0.71–0.83 in).
References
[edit]- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2008-03-21. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-18.