Noorda blitealis

Noorda blitealis
from Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Noordinae
Genus: Noorda
Species: N. blitealis
Binomial name
Noorda blitealis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Noorda moringae Tams, 1938
  • Scopula subjectalis Walker, 1866
  • Argyria holocrossa Meyrick 1902[1]

Noorda blitealis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in subtropical Africa, South of the Sahara and in Australasia (Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand).[2]

It has a wingspan of approx. 19–22 mm.

Hostplants

The larvae are an important defoliator of Moringa oleifera and Moringa pterygosperma (Moringaceae)[3]

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ afromoths.net
  3. ↑ (French) Cirad publications: Ratnadass A., Zakari-Moussa O., Salha H., Minet J., Seyfoulaye A.A.. 2011. Bulletin de la société entomologique de France, 116 (4) : 401–404: Noorda blitealis Walker, a major pest of horse-radish trees in Niger (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)


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