''Conocramboides'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

genus of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

described by

Stanisław Błeszyński Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths. Błeszyński worked at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academ ...

in 1970. Its only species, ''Conocramboides seychellellus'', described by

Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher (25 March 1878 – 30 April 1950) was an English entomologist. Although an amateur lepidopterist who worked in the Royal Navy, he became an expert on "microlepidoptera" and was appointed as the second Imperial Entomolo ...

in 1910, is found in the

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

and in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

Subspecies

* ''Conocramboides seychellellus seychellellus'' from Seychelles * ''Conocramboides seychellellus emmerezellus'' (de Joannis, 1915) from La Réunion and Mauritius

Ecology

Food plants of the larvae of this species are

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

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Cynodon dactylon ''Cynodon dactylon'', commonly known as Bermuda grass, is a grass found worldwide. It is native to Europe, Africa, Australia and much of Asia. It has been introduced to the Americas. Although it is not native to Bermuda, it is an abundant invasi ...

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Axonopus compressus ''Axonopus compressus'' ( syn. ''Axonopus compressus'' (Sw.) P.Beauv. var. ''australis'' G.A.Black, ''Milium compressum'' Sw., ''Paspalum compressum'' (Sw.) Nees, ''Paspalum platycaule'' Willd. ex Steud., ''Paspalum platycaulon'' Poir.) is a spec ...

'', ''

Digitaria didactyla ''Digitaria didactyla'' is a species of grass known by the common names blue couch, Queensland blue couch, blue serangoon grass, green serangoon grass, blue stargrass, and ''petit gazon'' (in Mauritius).Cook, B. G., et al''Digitaria didactyla''.T ...

'', ''

Zoysia matrella ''Zoysia matrella'' (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China ...

'' and ''

'')Guillermet, C. 2009a. "Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion". Volume 3. ''Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae''. :1–552, pls. 1–11.

References

*Fletcher 1910
"Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean"
(The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'' (2)Zool. 13(1):265–324; plate 17

External links

Crambinae Crambidae genera Moths of Africa Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński {{Crambinae-stub