Polyphagozerra coffeae
| Zeuzera coffeae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Polyphagozerra |
| Species: | P. coffeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyphagozerra coffeae Nietner, 1861 | |
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The Red Coffee Borer (Polyphagozerra coffeae) is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in the Oriental Region. Records from the Moluccas and New Guinea refer to Polyphagozerra reticulata, which was previously considered to be a synonym of P. coffeae.[1]
The wingspan is 70–80 mm.[2] Females are much larger and relatively rare. Adults have dark speckles on their wings. These are metallic greenish in females and metallic blue or black in males.[3]
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Casuarina, Erythroxylum, Acalypha, Phyllanthus, Doryalis, Hydnocarpus, Annona, Cinnamomum, Persea, Phoebe, Amherstia, Cassia, Pericopsis, Xylia, Gossypium, Hibiscus, Cedrela, Chukrasia, Melia, Swietenia, Psidium, Grevillea, Crataegus, Eriobotrya, Coffea, Citrus, Santalum, Filicium, Nephelium, Schleichera, Cestrum, Theobroma, Cryptomeria, Camellia, Clerodendrum, Lantana, Tectona and Vitex species.[4] The larvae occasionally reach pest status on coffee, tea, cotton, cocoa, kapok, coca and teak. They bore into the stem or branches of their host plant.[5]
References
- ↑ Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
- ↑ Coffee pests, diseases and their management
- ↑ The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
- ↑ Crop Insect Pest - Plantation crops - Pest of Coffee