Glyphodes negatalis

Karanj defoliator
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Glyphodes
Species:
G. negatalis
Binomial name
Glyphodes negatalis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalangiodes negatalis Walker, 1859
  • Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859)[2]
  • Botys monesusalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys phanasalis Walker, 1859

Glyphodes negatalis, the karanj defoliator, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It has a wide range in the tropics, including South Africa, The Gambia,[3] Mali,[4] India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan, and eastern Australia (including New South Wales and Queensland).[5]

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Biology

The larvae feed on Dillenia indica, Ficus microcarpa and Ficus religiosa (Moraceae).[6] In India, they had been found also as a main defoliator of Pongamia pinnata (karanj),[7] and in Japan, the larvae had been found on Ficus superba var. japonica.[8]

References

  1. ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. As Dysallacta negatalis. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Species Details: Dysallacta negatalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
  5. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 January 2013). "Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859)". African Moths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ^ Chavan, Kabade, Kumar Prajapati, (2012). "Glyphodes negatalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): A new insect pest on Karanj, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre in south Gujarat". Insect Environment. 17 (4): 176-177.
  8. ^ Tominaga, Satoru (2007). "New host plants of Dysallacta negatalis Walker and Hyalobathra illectalis Walker Crambidae". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 243: 328-330.


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