Euchromius mythus
| Euchromius mythus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Euchromiini |
| Genus: | Euchromius |
| Species: | E. mythus
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| Binomial name | |
| Euchromius mythus Bleszynski, 1970
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Euchromius mythus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It occurs in most of eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Malawi, the Comoros, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.[2] The habitat consists of moist and dry savanna and woodland areas, up to an altitude of 1,000 meters.
The length of the forewings is 13–22 mm. Adults are on wing in March, April and May in most of the range, but also in June (in Tanzania), July (on Madagascar), August (on the Comoros) and September (in Zaire).
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ Revision of the species of the genus Euchromius Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) occurring in the Afrotropical region
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- Crambinae
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- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Lepidoptera of Malawi
- Lepidoptera of Mozambique
- Lepidoptera of Namibia
- Lepidoptera of South Africa
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Lepidoptera of Zambia
- Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
- Moths of Madagascar
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Moths described in 1970
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