Chilozela

Chilozela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Chilozela; Munroe, 1964
Species:	C. trapeziana
Binomial name
	Chilozela trapeziana; (Sepp, 1840)
Synonyms
	Phalaena (Tortrix) trapeziana Sepp, 1840; Botys jatrophalis Walker, 1859; Phlyctaenodes bifilalis Hampson, 1913;

Chilozela is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Chilozela trapeziana, which is found from Costa Rica south to Peru.

The ground colour of the forewings is brownish orange, the costal area with greyish-brown scales. All lines are brown.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Manihot esculenta.^[2]

References[]

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[2] Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.

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