Hypsopygia nigrivitta
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.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypsopygia |
| Species: | H. nigrivitta |
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| Hypsopygia nigrivitta | |
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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 (1963). "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 (1): 136–7. PMC 2554668. PMID 14020537.
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