Banisia myrsusalis
| Sapodilla borer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Thyrididae |
| Subfamily: | Striglininae |
| Genus: | Banisia |
| Species: | B. myrsusalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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The sapodilla borer,[1] (Banisia myrsusalis), also known as sapota midrib folder, is a species of moth of the Thyrididae family. It is found in North America, Brazil, Australia,[2] southern Asia (India, Sri Lanka) and Africa (Madagascar, South Africa).[3]
Description
The wingspan is about 2 cm.[4] Palpi with the third joint of moderate length. Antennae nearly simple in both sexes. Outer margin of both wings nearly evenly curved. Body greyish brown, where some specimens with a slight red or pink tinge. Wings are somewhat lineally striated with dark brown. Fore wings with the costa yellow. Cilia fuscous on fore wing and white on hind wing. Ventral side is silvery grey where striae are prominent and chestnut brown in color. Fore wings with two brownish postmedial and one sub-apical patch.[5]
Ecology
A host plant of this species is sapodilla[6] (Manilkara zapota), a Sapotaceae.[7] Total life cycle of a male and a female is experimentally proved about 40.8 – 3.97 and 45.35 – 4.08 days, respectively.[8]
Subspecies
- Banisia myrsusalis cinereola Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Banisia myrsusalis elaralis (Walker, 1859)
- Banisia myrsusalis sumatrensis Whalley, 1976
References
- ↑ "181650 – 6086 – Banisia myrsusalis – Sapodilla Borer Moth photos". Moth Photographers Group at the Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ↑ butterflyhouse.com.au
- ↑ afromoths
- ↑ "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1895)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ↑ Patel BS, Jhala RC, Pandya HV, and Patel CB, Biology of leaf-folder (Banisia myrsusalis elearalis) (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a pest of sapota (Achras zapota), Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 63 (1993), pp. 604-5
- ↑ Sathish, Ravulapenta., Naik, D Jemla., Deepika, Kundaty. "Biology of sapota midrib folder, Banisia myrsusalis elearalis Walker (Thyrididae: Lepidoptera) infesting sapota under hill zone of Karnataka". AAPMHE. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
External links
- Seasonal incidence of sapota midrib folder (Banisia myrsusalis elearalis Walker) on different varieties of sapota.
- SAPODILLA BORER MOTH photos
- Biology of leaf-folder (Banisia myrsusalis elearalis)
- New distributional and foodplant records
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