Ategumia adipalis

Ategumia adipalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Ategumia
Species:	A. adipalis
Binomial name
	Ategumia adipalis; (Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
	Botys adipalis Lederer, 1863; Bocchoris adipalis; Botys notatalis Walker, 1866; Samea cuprinalis Moore, 1877;

Ategumia adipalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found from India to Australia and in Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and China. It was introduced to Hawaii in 1965.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. Adults are pale yellow with broad brown margins to the wings. The forewings also have a broad brown band along the costa. Each hindwing has a brown spot near the centre.

The larvae feed on Melastoma candidum and Melastoma malabathricum. They roll the leaves of their host plant.

Subspecies

Ategumia adipalis adipalis Lederer, 1863
Ategumia adipalis nigromarginalis Caradja, 1925 (from China)^[1]

References

^ Institutul Naţional al Patrimoniului, Romenia Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Australian Insects
Japanese Moths
Biological Control of Weeds: Southeast Asian Prospects
Data related to Ategumia adipalis at Wikispecies

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[1] Institutul Naţional al Patrimoniului, Romenia Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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