Neoschoenobia testacealis, the flower stalk-boring moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in China, the Russian Far East[1] and Japan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Neoschoenobia |
| Species: | N. testacealis
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| Neoschoenobia testacealis Hampson, 1900
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The larvae feed on Nuphar subintegerrima. They bore the flower stalks of their host plant.[3]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ Impact of the flower stalk-boring moth Neoschoenobia testacealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and water-level fluctuations on the flower and fruit production of the yellow water lily Nuphar subintegerrima (Nymphaeaceae) in irrigation ponds of western Japan