Elophila turbata Butler, [1881]; PED 3

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Parapoynx turbata Butler, 1881: 586 is from Japan (Yokohama). TS of Cyrtogramme Yoshiyasu 1985b.
  
  Comb n. to Elophila Hübner, 1822 (Shaffer et al., 1996).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 7mm. A fulvous brown and white sp. with a paler median band accros both wings. Close examination of the patterning should distinguish this from Elophila difflualis. It can also be confused with the smaller Elophila melagynalis Agassiz, 1978 but that has no yellow discal spots. Reported from S.E. Borneo in Meyrick (1894a: 471). Jin (2008) re-describes the morphological characters of adult and immature stages based on Korean material. Biological characters of this sp. including host plants and photographs of adult, genitalia and immature stages are provided. Li et al. (2009: 173-174; pl. X, fig. 144; pl. XLIII, fig. 144; pl. LXXXII, fig. 144.) do the same.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Kalimantan Selatan, China (E), Taiwan, Korea, Siberia (SE), Japan

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  May cause some minor damage to padi rice. Food plants: Oryza sativa (rice) (Poaceae); Marsilia quadrifolia (Pteridophyta, Marsiliacea); Azola imbricata, Salvina natans (Pteridophyta, Salviniacea); Lemna paucicostata, L. perpusilla, Spirodela polyrhiza, Pistia stratiodes (Araceae); Eichornia crassipes (water hyacinth); Monochoria vaginalis (Pontederiaceae); Hydrocharis asioatica (Hydrocharitaceae); (Jin, 2008; Li et al., 2009).

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Elophila difflualis

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  Unrelated Look-alike

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Butler, A. G. (1881) Descriptions of new genera and species of heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan. Pyrales and Micros. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond.; 579-600.
  
  Meyrick, E. (1894a) On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 455-480.
  
  Yoshiyasu, Y. (1985b). A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scient. Rep. Kyoto prefec. Univ. 37: 1-162.
  
  Jin, J. H. (2008) An Aquatic Moth, Elophila turbata (Butler, 1881) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Nymphulinae) in Korea, with New Host Plants. Korean J. Appl. Entom. 46 (1) 13-18.
  
  Li, H.H., Ren, Y.D., Zhang, D.D., Du, X.C., Li, W.C., & Ping Y. (2009) Insect Fauna of Henan, Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. Science Press, Beijing, 440 pp.

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

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  3D Imaging

  
  

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  Spare

  
  

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KEY TO TABS
(1) Taxonomy, (2) Description, (3) Distribution & Habitat, (4) Life History & Pest Status, (5) Similar spp., (6) Unrelated Look-alikes, (7) References, (8) Genitalia, (9) DNA Barcode, (10) 3D Imaging, (11) Spare