Ravanoa xiphialis Walker, 1859 is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ravanoa xiphialis Walker, 1859

Ravanoa xiphialis Walker, 1859

Ravanoa is a monotypic Crambidae moth genus with its only species, Ravanoa xiphialis, found in South and Southeast Asia.

Family
Genus
Ravanoa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ravanoa xiphialis Walker, 1859

Ravanoa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Crambidae, first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. This genus contains only a single species, Ravanoa xiphialis, which was originally described by Francis Walker in 1859. This species is found in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and on the island of Borneo.

Photo: (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Cheongweei Gan · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Crambidae › Ravanoa

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