Chilo (moth)
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| Chilo phragmitella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
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Chilo Zincken, 1817 |
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Chilo is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. Some of these moths are called borers.
Proboscis absent. Palpi porrect, clothes with rough hair, and extending from two and a half to three length of head. Maxillary palp dilated with scales at extremity. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae minutely serrate and ciliated. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Fore wings with the apex rectangular in male, typically acute and produced in female. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4,5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated from veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4,5 from angle and veins 6,7 from upper angle.
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