Hypsopygia nigrivitta
| Hypsopygia nigrivitta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypsopygia[1] |
| Species: | H. nigrivitta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsopygia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863) [2] | |
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Hypsopygia nigrivitta is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia. It was described by Walker in 1863.[3] It is found in Australia[1] and south-east Asia, including Borneo, Sulawesi, Java and Malaysia.
The larvae are considered a nuisance since they have the habit of spinning a silken burrow beneath and between two pieces of thatch to which it retreats when not feeding. Usually each thatch strip is occupied by a single larva. As the infested thatch deteriorates with much damage from feeding, a new piece of thatch has to be inserted from time to time.[4]
References
- 1 2 Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Herculia. Version of 2009-APR-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-12.
- ↑ HERCULIA nigrivitta at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 125. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ Deterioration of Thatch Roofs by Moth Larvae after House Spraying in the Course of a Malaria Eradication Programme in North Borneo
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