"Sugarcane top borer" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Scirpophaga nivella.
Scirpophaga excerptalis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Scirpophaga
Species:
S. excerptalis
Binomial name
Scirpophaga excerptalis
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Chilo excerptalis Walker, 1863
Scirpophaga monostigma Zeller, 1863
Scirpophaga butyrota Meyrick, 1889
Scirpophaga intacta P.C.T. Snellen, 1890
Topeutis rhodoproctalis Hampson, 1919
Scirpophaga excerptalis, the white top borer or sugarcane top borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] It is found in southern Asia from the Indian Subcontinent in the west to southern China in the east, south to New Guinea, possibly Australia and the Solomon Islands.[2]
^Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
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