Eoreuma loftini

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Eoreuma

| species = loftini

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Dyar, 1917)

| synonyms =

• Chilo loftini Dyar, 1917
• Chilo opinionellus Dyar, 1917

}}

Eoreuma loftini, the Mexican rice borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917.{{cite web |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=2014-07-15}} It is found in the southern United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Texas,[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5493 Moth Photographers Group] at Mississippi State University Louisiana and Florida. It is also found in Mexico.

The wingspan is about 12 mm.[http://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/23854/486006/eoreuma-loftini.pdf Pest Alert][http://www.lsuinsects.org/resources/docs/publications/pub3098_Mexican_Rice_Borer_ID_Card_LOW_RES.pdf Louisiana State University Agricultural Center]