Trachylepidia fructicassiella

Trachylepidia fructicassiella is a moth of the family Pyralidae first described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887.[1] It is found in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[2]

Trachylepidia fructicassiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Trachylepidia
Species:
T. fructicassiella
Binomial name
Trachylepidia fructicassiella
Ragonot, 1887
Synonyms
  • Trachylepidia indecora Whalley, 1964

The wingspan of the adult is 20–32 mm. Dorsum dusky brown and ventrum light brown. Proboscis short almost concealed. Apical margin of forewings crenulated with apical angle sub-rounded. Apical margin of hindwings slightly sinuated, with apical angle sub-rounded. Anterior and posterior margin of both wings are convex.[3]

The caterpillar is a pest on pods of Cassia roxburghii and Cassia fistula.[4] Parasierola species are known parasitoids of these caterpillars.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragonot, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "Re-description of Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragonot, with emphasis on its genitalia, collected from pods of Cassia fistula L" (PDF). FUUAST Journal of Biology. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. "Cassia fistula" (PDF). World Agroforestry Centre. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Biology and Behaviour of a Parasitoid, Parasierola Sp. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) on Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragnot. A seed borer of Cassia roxburghii". The Indian Forester. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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