Biology:Albusambia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Albusambia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Musotiminae
Genus: Albusambia
Solis & Davis in Solis, Davis & Nishida, 2005[1]
Species:
A. elaphoglossumae
Binomial name
Albusambia elaphoglossumae
Solis & Davis in Solis, Davis & Nishida, 2005

Albusambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Albusambia elaphoglossumae, which is found in Central America, where it has been recorded from the Costa Rican San José and Cartago Provinces at altitudes between 2,300 and 3,100 meters.

The larvae feed on Elaphoglossum conspersum. They mine the fronds of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
  2. Solis, MA; Davis, DR; Nishida, K. "Life history and systematics of Albusambia elaphoglossumae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): a new genus and species of musotimine with leaf-mining biology from Costa Rica". Rev Biol Trop 53: 487–501. doi:10.15517/rbt.v53i3-4.14617. PMID 17354458. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4712865 entry