Scirpophaga fusciflua

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Scirpophaga fusciflua is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893.{{cite web |last1=Nuss |first1=Matthias |last2=Landry |first2=Bernard |last3=Vegliante |first3=Francesca |last4=Tränkner |first4=Andreas |last5=Mally |first5=Richard |last6=Hayden |first6=James |last7=Bauer |first7=Franziska |last8=Segerer |first8=Andreas |last9=Li |first9=Houhun |last10=Schouten |first10=Rob |last11=Solis |first11=M. Alma |author-link11=Maria Alma Solis |last12=Trofimova |first12=Tatiana |last13=De Prins |first13=Jurate |last14=Speidel |first14=Wolfgang |name-list-style=amp |date=2003–2014 |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=July 15, 2014}} It is found in Taiwan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lanka.{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Fu-Qiang |last2=Wu |first2=Chun-Sheng |date=April 2014 |url=http://www.zootax.com.cn/admin/downfile.aspx?id=33812 |title=Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China |journal=Zoological Systematics |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=163–208 |doi=10.11865/zs20140201 |doi-broken-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702074137/http://www.zootax.com.cn/admin/downfile.aspx?id=33812 |archive-date=July 2, 2014}}

The wingspan is 16–22 mm for males and 21–27 mm for females.{{cite journal |last=Lewvanich |first=Angoon |date= June 25, 1981 |url=https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis42entolond#page/185/mode/1up |title=A revision of the Old World species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) |journal=Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=185–298 |via=Internet Archive}}

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/schoenobiinae/scirpophaga/#fusciflua |title=Scirpophaga fusciflua Hampson, 1893 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=March 2, 2018}}

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Category:Moths described in 1893

Category:Schoenobiinae

Category:Moths of Asia

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