New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae)
Author
Bippus, Maik
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2016
2016-12-20
66
2
347
370
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1910
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910
0005-805X
5373173
Protaphreutis borboniella
(
BOISDUVAL, 1833
)
1 male
from larva on
07-iii-2016
, slide RE-2513. Locality:
La Réunion
,
La Possession
, alt.
400 m
.
Distribution
:
La Réunion
,
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
.
Wingspan:
13 mm
; adult (plate 9, figs 43, 45).
Biology
: This species is a refusal feeder. Its larvae (fig. 44) was found in a deposit of a mixture of dog hairs, plant seeds, dust, earth and dead leaves.