- Source: Hymenoptychis sordida
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.
The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is about 25 mm.
Known food plants are Acanthaceae (Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.).
References
External links
Swedish Museum of Natural History - picture of type
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hymenoptychis sordida
- Hymenoptychis
- Heritiera littoralis
- List of moths of South Africa (Crambidae)
- Steniini
- List of Lepidoptera of Fiji
- List of moths of Australia (Pyralidae)
- List of moths of Japan (Pyraloidea-Drepanoidea)
- List of moths of Madagascar
- List of moths of the United Arab Emirates
