''Neoschoenobia testacealis'', the flower stalk-boring moth, is a

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 ...

in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The larvae feed on ''

Nuphar subintegerrima ''Nuphar subintegerrima'' is a species of rhizomatous aquatic plant endemic to Japan. Description Vegetative characteristics ''Nuphar subintegerrima'' has emerging or floating leaves. The leaves are 5-11 cm long, and 4-8.5 cm wide.SHIGA, T., & K ...

''. They bore the flower stalks of their host plant.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
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References

Acentropinae Moths described in 1900 Taxa named by George Hampson {{Acentropinae-stub