Raphimetopus ablutella

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]

Raphimetopus ablutella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Raphimetopus
Species:	R. ablutella
Binomial name
Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
Anerastia ablutella Zeller, 1839 Anerastia flaveolellus Ragonot, 1877 Anerastia seeboldi Ragonot, 1894 Emmalocera seeboldi Rhinaphe seeboldi Raphimetopus buxtoni Rothschild, 1921 Raphimetopus stigmatella Ragonot, 1888

The larvae have been recorded on Zea mays^[3] and Saccharum officinarum. They bore the shoots of their host plant.^[4]