Pimelephila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pimelephila ghesquierei, is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, East Kasai, Equateur) and Ghana.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Pimelephila Tams, 1930[1] |
| Species: | P. ghesquierei
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelephila ghesquierei Tams, 1930
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The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum.[2]
References edit
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Afro Moths
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