''Raphimetopus ablutella'', the green borer, is a species of
snout moth in the genus ''
Raphimetopus
''Raphimetopus'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by George Hampson in 1918.
Species
* '' Raphimetopus ablutella'' (Zeller, 1839)
* '' Raphimetopus incarnatella'' Ragonot, 1887
* '' Raphimetopus nitidicostella'' Ragonot, 1887
* '' R ...
''. It was described by
Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1894. It is found in
Spain,
Portugal,
France,
Italy,
Romania,
Bulgaria,
North Macedonia,
Greece,
Israel,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, the
United Arab Emirates,
Yemen,
India and
South Africa.
The larvae have been recorded on ''
Zea mays
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
'' and ''
Saccharum officinarum''. They bore the shoots of their host plant.
References
Moths described in 1839
Anerastiini
Insects of the Arabian Peninsula
Moths of Europe
Insects of Turkey
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