Opogona dimidiatella

Opogona dimidiatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Opogona
Species:
O. dimidiatella
Binomial name
Opogona dimidiatella
(Zeller, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Glyphipteryx dimidiatella Walker 1864
  • Lozostoma semisulphurea Stainton 1859[1]

Opogona dimidiatella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in southern South Africa, Kenya, Uganda,[2] Réunion, India, Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka and the Philippines.[3]

They are known to attack sugarcane in the fields.[4]

It's the type species of the genus Opogona.

References

  1. ^ www.nhm.ac.uk
  2. ^ afromoths
  3. ^ Diakonoff, 1967. Microlepidoptera of the Philippines Islands.
  4. ^ www.sil.si.edu - page20


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