Glyphodes multilinealis

Glyphodes multilinealis
Glyphodes multilinealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Glyphodes
Species: G. multilinealis
Binomial name
Glyphodes multilinealis
Kenrick, 1907

Glyphodes multilinealis or the Fig-Tiger-Moth is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Niue, the Cook Islands, the Society Islands, in Australia and Japan.[1]

It has a wingspan of 31mm.[2]

Biology

Its larvae had been reared in Fiji on Ficus prolixa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ butterflyhouse.com.au
  2. ↑ Kenrick, 1907. On Pyralidae of British New Guinea. Proc.Zool.Soc.London 1907 t.4:69-
  3. ↑ Bishopmuseum

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