Asciodes

Asciodes is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.[1] The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854 with Asciodes gordialis as type species.[2]: 374 [3]: 217 

Asciodes
Asciodes quietalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Asciodini
Genus: Asciodes
Guenée, 1854[1]

Distribution and habitat

The five species are distributed from the southern United States (California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, South Carolina) and Mexico over the Caribbean (Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) to the tropical and subtropical South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador).[1][4][5][6]

Behaviour and ecology

Like other Asciodini, caterpillars of Asciodes commonly feed on Caryophyllales.[7] So far, only the food plants of Asciodes gordialis larvae have been recorded, which are mostly Bougainvillea, Mirabilis and Pisonia (all in the Nyctaginaceae family), but also non-Caryophyllales like Citrus (Rutaceae) and Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae).[8]

Species

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. Guenée, M. Achille (1854). "Deltoïdes et Pyralites". In Boisduval, Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de; Guenée, M. Achille (eds.). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. Paris: Roret. pp. 1–448.
  3. Shibuya, Jinshichi (1928). "The systematic study on the Formosan Pyralidae". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo. 22 (1): 1–300, plates 1-9.
  4. "801372.00 – 5267 – Asciodes gordialis – Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth – Guenée, 1854". Moth Photographers Group. 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  5. "Taxonomy Browser: Asciodes gordialis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  6. "Asciodes gordialis". iNaturalis. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  7. Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.
  8. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2020-04-18.


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