Omiodes poeonalis
Species of moth
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Omiodes poeonalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu, Bas Congo, Orientale, East Kasai, Katanga), Sierra Leone, Tanzania, the Chagos Archipelago, China, Indonesia (Borneo, Flores, Java, Sumatra), Sri Lanka, Japan[2] and Australia (Queensland).[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Omiodes |
| Species: | O. poeonalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Omiodes poeonalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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The larvae feed on Ipomoea batatas, Cassia species, Glycine max, Senna species and Tephrosia candida.[4]