| Pleuroptya balteata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pleuroptya |
| Species: | P. balteata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) |
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Pleuroptya balteata is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found across southern Europe, Africa and Asia, including Japan, Korea, Réunion, Madagascar, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Ukraine, as well as New South Wales and Queensland. There is also an old record from Hawaii.
The wingspan is 25-32 mm. Adults are pale brown with several faint dark zigzag lines across each wing.
The larvae feed on Anacardium occidentale, Quercus serrata and Castanea species.