Glyphodes caesalis
| Glyphodes caesalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Glyphodes |
| Species: | G. caesalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphodes caesalis Walker, 1859 | |
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Glyphodes caesalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, mainland India, Burma, the Andaman Islands, New Guinea,[1] Bangladesh, Fiji, Hong Kong, Thailand and Australia (Queensland).
Adults are pale brown with dark brown spots and orange stripes outlined in dark brown.
The larvae feed on Artocarpus heterophyllus. They bore into the young shoots and the fruit of their host plant.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
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