Botyodes diniasalis
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Botyodes diniasalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Botyodes |
Species: | B. diniasalis
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Binomial name | |
Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859)
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Botyodes diniasalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on the Canary Islands,[1] as well as in Taiwan, China, Japan[2] and Russia. It has also been recorded from Mali,[3] South Africa and the Himalaya.[4]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.[5] Adults are yellow, rather slender and white beneath. The wings have brownish lines and the forewings have ferruginous marginal band and brown marks. The hindwings are ferruginous at the tips.[6]
The larvae are a poplar leaf pest.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ FlickR
- ^ Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ lepiforum.de This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Effects of matrine-nicotine missible oil on controlling the poplar leaf pests