Mampava bipunctella

Mampava bipunctella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mampava
Species:
M. bipunctella
Binomial name
Mampava bipunctella
Ragonot, 1888
Synonyms
  • Anerastidia stramineipennis Strand, 1918
  • Anerastidia albivittella Hampson in Ragonot, 1901
  • Hypsotropha bipunctella Wileman, 1911
  • Rhinaphe dissocentra Meyrick, 1933

Mampava bipunctella, the foxtail millet webworm, is a species of snout moth, and the type species in the genus Mampava. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888, and is known from India, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia (Sarawak), Taiwan, China, the Moluccas, Indonesia (Java, Borneo) and Japan.

The larvae feed on sorghum and corn.

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