Euzophera sagax Meyrick, 1935

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FAMILY Pyralidae
SUBFAMILY Phycitinae
GENUS Euzophera
SPECIES sagax
AUTHORMeyrick, 1935
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONEuzophera sagax, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur], Belgian Congo, Eala [5 km E of Mbandaka], e.l. xii, ii, iv from fruits of Cola and Colutea, leg. J. Ghesquière.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 0°4'0" Longitude: 18°16'59"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, RMCA; 12 Paratypes ♂, ♀, RMCA, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1935a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(18-19):545-608.
PAGINATION 580

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Equateur Meyrick E. 1935a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(18-19):545-608. 580

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Malvaceae Cola sp. Congo, DR Meyrick E. 1935a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(18-19):545-608. 580
Fabaceae Colutea sp. Congo, DR Meyrick E. 1935a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(18-19):545-608. 580
Rubiaceae Coffea robusta East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 36(314):45-50. 47
Theaceae Camellia sinensis East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 36(314):45-50. 47

*   In berries and seeds (see D. G. Sevastopulo 1977: 47).