Euclasta gigantalis

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Euclasta gigantalis
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Euclasta gigantalis whalleyii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Euclasta
Species:
E. gigantalis
Binomial name
Euclasta gigantalis
Viette, 1957 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euclasta whalleyiPopescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973

Euclasta gigantalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. The female has a wingspan of 45mm. [2]

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Distribution

It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, La Réunion and Madagascar. [3]

In 1988 this moth was also released in Australia for biological control of Cryptostegia grandiflora . [4]

Biology

The larvae feed on Camptocarpus mauritianus , Cryptostegia grandiflora , Cryptostegia madagascariensis (Apocynaceae) and Clerodendrum heterophyllum (Lamiaceae). [5]

References

  1. ↑ Viette, P. 1957b. Un Eclasta nouveau d'Afrique orientale (Lep. Pyraustidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 62:36–37
  2. ↑ Amsel, H. G. 1963. Kleinschmetterlinge aus Äthiopien. - Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 121:1–12.
  3. ↑ afromoths
  4. ↑ McFadyen, R. E.; Marohasy, J. J. (1990). "A leaf feeding moth,Euclasta whalleyi [Lep.: Pyralidae] for the biological control ofCryptostegia grandiflora [Asclepiadaceae] in Queensland, Australia" . Entomophaga. 35 (3): 431–435. doi:10.1007/BF02375267.
  5. ↑ Guillermet, 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. - — :1–552, pls. 1–11.


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