Hypsopygia nigrivitta

Hypsopygia nigrivitta
Scientific classification
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

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.
Savela, Markku. "Herculia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
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.
Cheng, FY. "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: 136–7. PMC 2554668. PMID 14020537.

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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.

[funet-2] Savela, Markku. "Herculia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[zoology1863-3] 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. "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: 136–7. PMC 2554668. PMID 14020537.