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Palpita elealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, South Africa, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Gambia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Palpita elealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Palpita
Species:	P. elealis
Binomial name
Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Tobata elealis Walker, 1859 Cryptographis rogenhoferi Lederer, 1863 Glyphodes angustimargo Warren, 1914 Eudioptis beninalis Plötz, 1880 Phakellura peridromella Mabille, 1881

The larvae feed on Rauvolfia vomitoria and Tabernanthe species.[1]

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