Hymenoptychis sordida

Hymenoptychis sordida, the pneumatophore moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is known from Australia, southern and South-East Asia, several Pacific islands, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates.[1]

Hymenoptychis sordida
Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Hymenoptychis
Species:
H. sordida
Binomial name
Hymenoptychis sordida
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Botys pterophoralis Walker, 1866
  • Hymenoptychis pterophoralis (Walker, 1866)
  • Syrbatis tipuliformis Walker, 1863
  • Hymenoptychis tipuliformis (Walker, 1863)

The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is about 25 mm.[2]

Known food plants are Acanthaceae (Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.).[3]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852". Afromoths. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (31 January 2013). "Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 Pneumatophore Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. Asselbergs, 2008. "Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea". In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. 1 (2007):469–561


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