Pleuroptya balteata

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Pleuroptya balteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pleuroptya
Species: P. balteata
Binomial name
Pleuroptya balteata
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena balteata Fabricius, 1798
  • Haritala balteata
  • Sylepta aurantiacalis
  • Pleuroptya aurantiacalis
  • Botys accipitralis Walker, 1866
  • Hapalia fraterna Moore, 1886
  • Botys aurea Butler, 1879
  • Sylepta evergestialis Strand, 1918

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.

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