Trachylepidia fructicassiella

Trachylepidia fructicassiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Trachylepidia
Species: T. fructicassiella
Binomial name
Trachylepidia fructicassiella
Ragonot, 1887
Synonyms
  • Trachylepidia indecora Whalley, 1964

Trachylepidia fructicassiella is a moth of the Pyralidae family.[1] It is found in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[2]

Wingspan of adult is 20-32 mm. Dorsum dusky brown and ventrum light brown. Proboscis short almost concealed. Apical margin of fore wings crenulated with apical angle sub-rounded. Apical margin of hind wings slightly sinuated, with apical angle sub-rounded. Anterior and posterior margin of both wings are convex.[3]

Caterpillar is a pest on pods of Cassia roxburghii and Cassia fistula.[4] Parasierola species are known parasitoids of these caterpillars.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragonot, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Re-description of Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragonot, with emphasis on its genitalia, collected from pods of Cassia fistula L" (PDF). Biology Journal. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cassia fistula" (PDF). worldagroforestry. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Biology and Behaviour of a Parasitoid, Parasierola Sp. (Hymenoptera : Bethylidae on Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragnot. A Seed Borer of Cassia roxburghii". indianforester. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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