Hymenoptychis sordida | |
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Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Hymenoptychis |
Species: | H. sordida |
Binomial name | |
Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 | |
Synonyms | |
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Hymenoptychis sordida, the pneumatophore moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is known from Australia, southern and South-East Asia, several Pacific islands, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates. [1]
The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is about 25 mm. [2]
Known food plants are Acanthaceae ( Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.). [3]
Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots", which are aerial roots. They are also commonly known as api api, which in the Malay language means "fires", a reference to the fact that fireflies often congregate on these trees. Species of Avicennia occur worldwide south of the Tropic of Cancer.
Avicennia marina, commonly known as grey mangrove or white mangrove, is a species of mangrove tree classified in the plant family Acanthaceae. As with other mangroves, it occurs in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas.
Avicennia alba is a species of tropical mangrove in the family Acanthaceae. It is found growing in coastal and estuarine locations in India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania.
Hymenoptychis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Ulopeza is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.
Synclera is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Platyptilia farfarellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867. It is found from central and southern Europe to Asia Minor, Micronesia and Japan. It is also known from Africa, where it has been recorded from Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, the Seychelles and Malawi.
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Endotricha mesenterialis is a species of snout moth in the genus Endotricha. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It has a wide distribution and is known from Austral Island, Australia, the Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Tahiti, Begum Island, Christmas Island, India, Myanmar, Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia, the New Hebrides, the Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Taiwan and China.
Aethaloessa floridalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa, including islands of the Indian Ocean and South and South-East Asia.
Eccopsis wahlbergiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa, from Sénégal to South Africa, including the islands of Comoros, Cape Verde and Madagascar.
Eretmocera is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.
Patania aegrotalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1852. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Gambia, Yemen and possibly the Seychelles.
Syllepte patagialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1852. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and on the Comoros.
Ulopeza conigeralis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zambia.
Eretmocera scatospila is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa.
Steniini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.