Heortia vitessoides

Heortia vitessoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Heortia
Species: H. vitessoides
Binomial name
Heortia vitessoides
(Moore, [1885])
Synonyms
  • Tyspana vitessoides Moore, [1885]

Heortia vitessoides is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Thailand and northern Queensland in Australia.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults have a pattern of black on pale yellow on the forewings. The hindwings are white with a broad black margin.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhus and Aquilaria malaccensis. They live communally in a shelter made by joining a number of leaves together with silk. The larvae are pale green with a broad black line along each side.

Pupation takes place in the soil.

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