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词条 Mabra elephantophila
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{{taxobox
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Crambidae
| genus = Mabra
| species = M. elephantophila
| binomial = Mabra elephantophila
| binomial_authority = Bänziger, 1985[1]
}}Mabra elephantophila is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Thailand.[1]

Adults feed on the tears of elephants.[2] If the animal is not producing tears, the moth will irritate the eye, causing tears to be produced.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=2012-03-19 }}
2. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/wild-things-the-weirdest-facts-from-the-animal-kingdom-418659.html | title=Wild things - The weirdest facts from the Animal Kingdom | accessdate=March 19, 2012 | location=London | work=The Independent | date=October 4, 2006}}

External links

  • Mabra elephantophila
{{Taxonbar|from=Q6721633}}{{Pyraustinae-stub}}

2 : Moths described in 1985|Pyraustinae

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