Raphimetopus ablutella
Species of moth
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Raphimetopus ablutella, the green borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Raphimetopus. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1894. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece,[1] Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India and South Africa.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Raphimetopus |
| Species: | R. ablutella |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839) | |
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The larvae have been recorded on Zea mays[3] and Saccharum officinarum. They bore the shoots of their host plant.[4]