Terastia meticulosalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Terastia |
Species: | T. meticulosalis |
Binomial name | |
Terastia meticulosalis Guenee, 1854 |
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The Erythrina Twigborer or Erythrina Borer (Terastia meticulosalis) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It has a wide distribution. In North America, it has been recorded from south-eastern Arizona, southern Texas, Louisiana and Florida. It is also present in Jamaica.
The wingspan is about 39 mm.
The larvae feed on Erythrina species.