Pimelephila
Genus of moths
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Pimelephila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pimelephila ghesquierei, is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, East Kasai, Equateur) and Ghana.
| Pimelephila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Pimelephila Tams, 1930[1] |
| Species: | P. ghesquierei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pimelephila ghesquierei Tams, 1930 | |
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum.[2]
