Fangalabola

Fangalabola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Subfamily: Oiketicinae
Genus: Deborrea
Species: D. malgassa
Binomial name
Deborrea malgassa
Heylaerts, 1884[1]
Synonyms

Debarrea malagassa

  • Eriopteryx funebris (Kenrick, 1914)
  • Deborrea argentacea Oberthür, 1909
  • Psyche joannisii Mabille, 1888

Fangalabola (Deborrea malgassa) is a species of bagworm native to Madagascar.[2]

These bagworms are of significance because their pupae are harvested for human consumption in quantity.

Biology

The length of the larvae is 30–40 mm, length of the bag 35–55 mm, the length of the female is approximately 25 mm. It has a wingspan of 27–44 mm.[3][4]

Known foodplants are: Acacia dealbata, fruit trees, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Grevillea robusta, Dombeya spp., Psidium spp., Eucalyptus spp., Curessus lusitanicus, Pinus patala and Amygdalus persica.

This species occurs throughout the year in forested biotopes with reasonable humidity.

See also

References

  1. Heylaerts, J. F. M. 1884a. Observations synonymiques et autres relatives à des Psychides, avec descriptions de novae species. - Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 28:34–41
  2. afromoths.net
  3. Scalercia & Malaisse, 2009, Between species and ethnospecies: edible Psychidae in Tropical Africa. Entomology faunistique 2010 (2009) 62 (1), 17-24
  4. Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.590, plate 32, fig.20


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