Hodebertia

Hodebertia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Margaroniini
Genus: Hodebertia
Leraut, 2003[1]
Species:
H. testalis
Binomial name
Hodebertia testalis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena testalis Fabricius, 1794
  • Pyrausta testalis
  • Palpita testalis
  • Botys melonalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys perpendiculalis Duponchel, 1833
  • Pleuroptya perpendicularis P. Leraut, 1980
  • Botys ruficostalis Lederer, 1855
  • Spilodes nitetisalis Walker, 1859
Hodebertia testalis

Hodebertia is a genus of micro-moth of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Hodebertia testalis, and is found in the tropics, but ranges north to parts of Europe on occasion.

Description

Adults are white, with two ragged brown arcs across each wing.[2] The larvae feed on Hibiscus, Gomphocarpus and Asclepias species (including Asclepias curassavica).[3]

Distribution

Hodebertia testalis is an African tropical species which has been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, Saint Helena, Somalia, South Africa and Zambia.[3] It is occasionally found in Europe and has been reported from Croatia, England (St Mary's, Isles of Scilly), France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.[4][5] Elsewhere it has been found in Australia (Queensland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan and Yemen.

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  2. ^ " Pyrausta testalis (Fabricius, 1794) (also known as Hodebertia testalis)". Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)". Afromoths.net. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ^ Kimber, Ian. "1408a Hodebertia testalis". UKmoths. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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