# Conocramboides

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***Conocramboides*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [moth](/source/Moth) genus of the family [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae) described by [Stanisław Błeszyński](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_B%C5%82eszy%C5%84ski) in 1970. Its only species, ***Conocramboides seychellellus***, described by [Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher](/source/Thomas_Bainbrigge_Fletcher) in 1910, is found in the [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles), [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union) and in [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius).[3]

## Subspecies

- *Conocramboides seychellellus seychellellus* from Seychelles
- *Conocramboides seychellellus emmerezellus* (de Joannis, 1915) from La Réunion and Mauritius

## Ecology

Food plants of the larvae of this species are [Poaceae](/source/Poaceae) (*[Cynodon dactylon](/source/Cynodon_dactylon)*, *[Axonopus compressus](/source/Axonopus_compressus)*, *[Digitaria didactyla](/source/Digitaria_didactyla)*, *[Zoysia matrella](/source/Zoysia_matrella)* and *[Cynodon dactylon](/source/Cynodon_dactylon)*)[4][5]

## References

- Fletcher 1910. ["Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean"](https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofli213linn#page/265/mode/1up). (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). *Transactions of the Linnean Society of London* (2)Zool. 13(1):265–324; plate 17

1. Nuss, M. et al. (2003–2017). ["GlobIZ search"](http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx). *Global Information System on Pyraloidea*. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

1. [Bleszynski 1970, "New Genera and Species of Tropical Crambinae (Studies on the Crambinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Part 48)". *Tijdschrift voor Entomologie* 113: 18](https://archive.org/stream/tijdschriftvoore1970nede#page/18/mode/1up)

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). ["*Conocramboides seychellellus* (Fletcher T. B., 1910)"](http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CONOSEYC). *Afromoths*. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

1. de Joannis, J. 1915. "Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Mission de M. P. Carié. 1910–1913)". - *Annales de la Société Entomologique de France* 84:1–18; pl. 1.

1. Guillermet, C. 2009a. "Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion". Volume 3. *Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae*. :1–552, pls. 1–11.

## External links

- [Lépidoptères de La Réunion: picture of *Conocramboides seychellellus*](http://papillons974.canalblog.com/archives/2012/04/10/23977223.html)

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