Crocidosema plebejana ZELLER, 1847
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA46282A-EE13-0972-D709-14E2FC4204AC |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Crocidosema plebejana ZELLER, 1847 |
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Crocidosema plebejana ZELLER, 1847 View in CoL
Wingspan: 12–13 mm; adult (plate 13: fig. 64); female genitalia (plate 13: fig. 66).
This small species is common at light in Réunion. One female was bred from larvae on 07-xi-2015 from Sida rhombifolia L. ( Malvaceae ). Locality: Réunion, La Possession, alt. 400 m.
Other specimens were collected at light at the same locality on 20-x-2014, 02-v-2016 and 13-v-2016.
I also found this species in Mauritius at light in Flic-en- Flac , 12-vi-2016 .
Distribution: Cosmopolitan in tropical regions, incl. Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, new record for La Réunion.
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