Botyodes diniasalis

Botyodes diniasalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Botyodes[1]
Species: B. diniasalis
Binomial name
Botyodes diniasalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys diniasalis Walker, 1859
  • Pyrausta diniasalis capnosalis Caradja, 1925
  • Sylepta kosemponis Strand, 1918

Botyodes diniasalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands,[2] as well as in Taiwan, China, Japan[3] and Russia. It has also been recorded from 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

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ FlickR
  4. ↑ Afro Moths
  5. ↑ Japanese Moths
  6. ↑ lepiforum.de
  7. ↑ Effects of matrine-nicotine missible oil on controlling the poplar leaf pests


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