Achyra coelatalis Walker, 1859 is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Achyra coelatalis Walker, 1859

Achyra coelatalis Walker, 1859

Achyra coelatalis is a Crambidae moth species described in 1859, found across Africa and parts of Asia and Australia, whose larvae feed on several cereal crops.

Family
Genus
Achyra
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Achyra coelatalis Walker, 1859

Achyra coelatalis is a moth species that belongs to the Crambidae family. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. Its known distribution includes Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Niger, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. Recorded host plants for the larvae of Achyra coelatalis include Sorghum species, Oryza sativa, Pennisetum americanum, and Zea mays.

Photo: (c) Johan Heyns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Johan Heyns · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Crambidae Achyra

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