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Species of moth
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.
Biology
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]
References
^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana;
Solis, M. Alma ; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2017).
"GlobIZ search" . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . As Dysallacta negatalis . Retrieved 11 April 2018 .
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"Species Details: Dysallacta negatalis Walker, 1859" . Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 11 April 2018 .
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018).
"Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859)" . Afromoths . Retrieved 11 April 2018 .
^ Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali.
Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78.
Article
^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 January 2013).
"Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859)" . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . Retrieved 11 April 2018 .
^
"Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859)" . African Moths . Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ Chavan, Kabade, Kumar Prajapati, (2012).
"Glyphodes negatalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): A new insect pest on Karanj, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre in south Gujarat" . Insect Environment . 17 (4): 176-177.
^ Tominaga, Satoru (2007).
"New host plants of Dysallacta negatalis Walker and Hyalobathra illectalis Walker Crambidae" . Japan Heterocerists' Journal . 243: 328-330.