Glyphodes multilinealis

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Glyphodes multilinealis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Glyphodes
Species:
G. multilinealis
Binomial name
Glyphodes multilinealis
Kenrick, 1907

Glyphodes multilinealis, the fig-tiger-moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1907. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Niue, the Cook Islands, the Society Islands, in Australia and Japan. [1]

Contents

It has a wingspan of 31 mm (1.2 in). [2]

Biology

Its larvae had been reared in Fiji on Ficus prolixa . [3]

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References

  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 May 2016). "Glyphodes multilinealis Kenrick, 1907 Fig Tiger Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. Kenrick (1907). "On Pyralidae of British New Guinea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1907 t.4:69. via - Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Glyphodes multilinealis Fig Tiger-Moth". Cook Islands Biodiversity & Natural Heritage. The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2018.