Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea
Family
Crambidae
Subfamily
Schoenobiinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832
Type Species
Tinea phantasmella [recte phantasmatella] Hübner, [1796] 1796-1833
= Schoenophaga (unjustified emend.) (Duponchel 1836)
= Spartophaga (unjustified emend.) (Duponchel 1836)
= Schoinophaga (misspell.) (Sodoffsky 1837)
= Apurima Walker, 1863a (TS: Apurima xanthogastrella Walker, 1863)
= Tryporyza Common, 1960 (TS: Tipanaea innotata Walker, 1863)
Species/Subspecies
Scirpophaga whalleyi Lewvanich, 1981
Type Locality
[Sri Lanka, Dambulla] Dambool, 7°51’N 80°40’E
Distribution
States/Union Territories
Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic plain