Zeuzera coffeae
| Zeuzera coffeae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Zeuzera |
| Species: | Z. coffeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Zeuzera coffeae Nietner, 1861 | |
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The Red Coffee Borer (Zeuzera coffeae) is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in the Oriental Region, the Moluccas and New Guinea.
The wingspan is 70–80 mm.[1] Females are much larger and relatively rare. Adults have dark speckles on their wings. These are metallic greenish in females and metallic blue or black in males.[2]
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Casuarina, Erythroxylum, Acalypha, Phyllanthus, Doryalis, Hydnocarpus, Anona, Cinnamomum, Persea, Phoebe, Amherstia, Cassia, Pericopsis, Xylia, Gossypium, Hibiscus, Cedrela, Chukrasia, Melia, Swietenia, Psidium, Grevillea, Crataegus, Eriobotrya, Coffea, Citrus, Santalum, Filicium, Nephelium, Schleichera, Cestrum, Theobroma, Cryptomeria, Camellia, Clerodendrum, Lantana, Tectona and Vitex species.[3] The larvae occasionally reach pest status on coffee, tea, cotton, cocoa, kapok, coca and teak. They bore into the stem or branches of their host plant.[4]