Botyodes diniasalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Botyodes
Species:
B. diniasalis
Binomial name
Botyodes diniasalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys diniasalis Walker, 1859
  • Pyrausta diniasalis capnosalis Caradja, 1925
  • Sylepta kosemponis Strand, 1918

Botyodes diniasalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on the Canary Islands,[1] as well as in Taiwan, China, Japan[2] and Russia. It has also been recorded from Mali,[3] South Africa and the Himalaya.[4]

The wingspan is about 30 mm.[5] Adults are yellow, rather slender and white beneath. The wings have brownish lines and the forewings have ferruginous marginal band and brown marks. The hindwings are ferruginous at the tips.[6]

The larvae are a poplar leaf pest.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ FlickR
  3. ↑ Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
  4. ↑ Afro Moths
  5. ↑ Japanese Moths
  6. ↑ lepiforum.de
  7. ↑ Effects of matrine-nicotine missible oil on controlling the poplar leaf pests


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