Banisia myrsusalis
| Banisia myrsusalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Thyrididae |
| Subfamily: | Striglininae |
| Genus: | Banisia |
| Species: | B. myrsusalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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The sapodilla borer (Banisia myrsusalis) is a species of moth of the Thyrididae family. It is found in North America, Brazil, Australia,[1] southern Asia (India, Sri Lanka) and Africa (Madagascar, South Africa).[2]
A hostplant of this species is sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), a Sapotaceae.[3]
Subspecies
- Banisia myrsusalis cinereola Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Banisia myrsusalis elaralis (Walker, 1859)
- Banisia myrsusalis sumatrensis Whalley, 1976
References
- ↑ butterflyhouse.com.au
- ↑ afromoths
- ↑ Patel BS, Jhala RC, Pandya HV, and Patel CB, Biology of leaf-folder (Banisia myrsusalis elearalis) (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a pest of sapota (Achras zapota), Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 63 (1993), pp. 604-5
External links
Media related to Banisia myrsusalis at Wikimedia Commons- Pictures at North American Mothphotogeaphers Group
- Pictures at Butterflyhouse.com.au