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Hypsopygia nigrivitta

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Hypsopygia nigrivitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypsopygia
Species:
H. nigrivitta
Binomial name
Hypsopygia nigrivitta
(Walker, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cisse nigrivitta Walker, 1863
  • Herculia nigrivitta
  • Buzala fuscicosta Walker, 1863
  • Bejuda costigeralis Walker, [1866]
  • Asopia fuscicostalis Snellen, 1880
  • Paractenia obstans Meyrick, 1936

Hypsopygia nigrivitta is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia.[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.[3] It is found in Australia[2] 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

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Herculia nigrivitta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Herculia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Cheng, FY (1963). "Deterioration of thatch roofs by moth larvae after house spraying in the course of a malaria eradication programme in North Borneo". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 28 (1): 136–7. PMC 2554668. PMID 14020537.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.