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Cornifrons ulceratalis
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C. ulceratalis
Binomial name
Cornifrons ulceratalis
Lederer, 1858
Synonyms
  • Scoparia seriziatalis Oberthür, 1876

Cornifrons ulceratalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece, [2] Morocco, Algeria [3] and the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. [4]

The larvae feed on Henophyton deserti and Sesamum indicum.

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Long-distance wind-borne dispersal of the moth Cornifrons ulceratalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Evergestinae) into the northern Mediterranean
  4. ^ Beitrag zur Microlepidopterenfauna des canarischen Archipels