Hypsipyla grandella

Hypsipyla grandella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Hypsipyla
Species:	H. grandella
Binomial name
	Hypsipyla grandella; (Zeller, 1848)
Synonyms
	Nephopteryx grandella Zeller, 1848; Hypsipyla cnabella Dyar, 1914;

Hypsipyla grandella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in southern Florida (United States), most of the West Indies, Sinaloa and southward in Mexico, Central America, South America except Chile and in Mauritius.^[1]

The larvae cause damage by feeding on new shoots of mahogany and cedar trees (mahogany species (Swietenia spp.) and cedro, known also as Spanish-cedar and tropical-cedar (Cedrela spp.).

The larvae are often called mahogany shoot borers, but the name may differ by country.^[2]

References

^ FAO Forrestry Dep. - Overview of Forrest Pest in Mauritius
^ "planvivo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

External links

mahogany shoot borer on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

[1] FAO Forrestry Dep. - Overview of Forrest Pest in Mauritius

[2] "planvivo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

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