Tegostoma comparalis explained

Tegostoma comparalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine,^[1] Kyrgyzstan,^[2] North Africa, India,^[3] Pakistan, the Near East, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, South Africa and Niger.^[4]

The wingspan is about .^[5]

The larvae feed on Salsola kali and Tribulus terrestris.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796). https://web.archive.org/web/20150630221323/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443005 . dead . June 30, 2015 . Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013 . 17 May 2017.
2. Web site: Taxonomy Browser: Tegostoma comparalis . Barcode of Life Data System . August 10, 2019.
3. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2012 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 7 March 2012.
4. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2017 . Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796) . Afromoths . November 23, 2017.
5. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Tegostoma_Comparalis Lepiforum e.V.