Chilozela

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.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 16
Family: Crambidae
Collections: USNM
Recorded in: Costa Rica

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Crambidae
Image: Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 062 plate Chilozela trapeziana.jpg

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taxon name: Chilozela
taxon rank: genus

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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 larvae feed on the leaves of Manihot esculenta.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chilozela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.