Karanj defoliator | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Glyphodes |
Species: | G. negatalis
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Binomial name | |
Glyphodes negatalis | |
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Glyphodes negatalis, the karanj defoliator, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It has a wide range in the tropics, including South Africa, The Gambia, [3] Mali, [4] India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan, and eastern Australia (including New South Wales and Queensland). [5]
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Dillenia indica, Ficus microcarpa and Ficus religiosa ( Moraceae). [6] In India, they had been found also as a main defoliator of Pongamia pinnata (karanj), [7] and in Japan, the larvae had been found on Ficus superba var. japonica. [8]
Karanj defoliator | |
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Dorsal view | |
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Ventral view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Glyphodes |
Species: | G. negatalis
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Binomial name | |
Glyphodes negatalis | |
Synonyms | |
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Glyphodes negatalis, the karanj defoliator, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It has a wide range in the tropics, including South Africa, The Gambia, [3] Mali, [4] India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan, and eastern Australia (including New South Wales and Queensland). [5]
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Dillenia indica, Ficus microcarpa and Ficus religiosa ( Moraceae). [6] In India, they had been found also as a main defoliator of Pongamia pinnata (karanj), [7] and in Japan, the larvae had been found on Ficus superba var. japonica. [8]