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Terastia meticulosalis

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Terastia meticulosalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Terastia
Species:
T. meticulosalis
Binomial name
Terastia meticulosalis
Guenee, 1854
Synonyms
  • Megaphysa quadratalis Walker, 1866
  • Megastes coeligenalis Hulst, 1886

Terastia meticulosalis, the erythrina twigborer or erythrina borer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It has a wide distribution. In North America, it has been recorded from south-eastern Arizona, southern Texas, Louisiana and Florida. It is also present in Jamaica.

The wingspan is about 39 mm.

The larvae feed on Erythrina species.[1]

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