Hodebertia

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Hodebertia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Hodebertia
Leraut, 2003[1]
Species: H. testalis
Binomial name
Hodebertia testalis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena testalis Fabricius, 1794
  • Pyrausta testalis
  • Palpita testalis
  • Botys melonalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys perpendiculalis Duponchel, 1833
  • Pleuroptya perpendicularis P. Leraut, 1980
  • Botys ruficostalis Lederer, 1855
  • Spilodes nitetisalis Walker, 1859

Hodebertia is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Hodebertia testalis, which is found in the tropics, but ranges north to parts of Europe on occasion. In Europe, it has been reported from France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Greece.[2] Outside of Europe, it is found in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Réunion, Queensland (Australia), Somalia, South Africa, Madagascar and Saint Helena.

Adults are white, with two ragged brown arcs across each wing.[3]

The larvae feed on Hibiscus, Gomphocarpus and Asclepias species (including Asclepias curassavica).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Australian Insects
  4. ↑ Afro Moths


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