Botyodes diniasalis

Botyodes diniasalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on the Canary Islands,[2] as well as in Taiwan, China, Japan[3] and Russia. It has also been recorded from Mali,[4] South Africa and the Himalaya.[5]

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

The wingspan is about 30 mm.[6] 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.[7]

The larvae are a poplar leaf pest.[8]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. FlickR
  4. 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
  5. Afro Moths
  6. Japanese Moths
  7. lepiforum.de
  8. Effects of matrine-nicotine missible oil on controlling the poplar leaf pests


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