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Eoreuma loftini

Eoreuma loftini, the Mexican rice borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in the southern United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Florida. It is also found in Mexico.

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Length
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Eoreuma loftini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Haimbachiini
Genus: Eoreuma
Species:
E. loftini
Binomial name
Eoreuma loftini
(Dyar, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Chilo loftini Dyar, 1917
  • Chilo opinionellus Dyar, 1917

Eoreuma loftini, the Mexican rice borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917.1 It is found in the southern United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Texas,2 Louisiana and Florida. It is also found in Mexico.

The wingspan is about 12 mm.34

References

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Pest Alert
  4. Louisiana State University Agricultural Center