Rupela leucatea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863.[1] It is found in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Martinique, Antigua, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Peru.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Rupela |
| Species: | R. leucatea
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| Binomial name | |
| Rupela leucatea (Zeller, 1863)
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The wingspan is 22–38 mm for males and 25–53 mm for females. The wings are shining white.[3]
The larvae feed on Echinochloa polystachya.
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Rupela leucatea (Zeller, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Heinrich, Carl (1937). "Moths of the Genus Rupela (Pyralididae: Schoenobiinae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 84 (3019): 355–388 – via Internet Archive.