''Ochyrotica rufa'' 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 ...

of the family Pterophoridae.

Distribution

It is known from

Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...

, La Réunion,

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

and

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 ...

Biology

A known host-plant of this species is '' Ipomoea batatas'' ( Convolvulaceae).

References

* Arenberger, E. 1987. ''Ochyrotica rufa n. sp. aus Madagaskar.'' - Entomologische Zeitschrift 97:175–176 Ochyroticinae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Réunion Moths of Mauritius Moths described in 1987 Moths of the Comoros {{Pterophoridae-stub