Neoschoenobia testacealis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Neoschoenobia |
| Species: | N. testacealis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoschoenobia testacealis Hampson, 1900
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Neoschoenobia testacealis, the flower stalk-boring moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in China, the Russian Far East[1] and Japan.[2]
The larvae feed on Nuphar subintegerrima. They bore the flower stalks of their host plant.[3]
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ Impact of the flower stalk-boring moth Neoschoenobia testacealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and water-level fluctuations on the flower and fruit production of the yellow water lily Nuphar subintegerrima (Nymphaeaceae) in irrigation ponds of western Japan