Hymenoptychis sordida

Hymenoptychis sordida
Clump Point, Mission Beach, QLD, 21/22 November 2014
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Hymenoptychis
Species: H. sordida
Binomial name
Hymenoptychis sordida
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Botys pterophoralis Walker, 1866
  • Hymenoptychis pterophoralis (Walker, 1866)
  • Syrbatis tipuliformis Walker, 1863
  • Hymenoptychis tipuliformis (Walker, 1863)

Hymenoptychis sordida is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from Australia, southern and South-East Asia, several Pacific islands, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates.[1]

The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is approx. 25mm.[2]

Known foodplants are Acanthaceae (Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.)[3]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au
  3. ↑ Asselbergs, 2008. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. - — 1 (2007):469–561


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