Kingdom Animalia Family Crambidae Genus Glyphodes Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Glyphodes, Butterflies and moths, Glyphodes stolalis, Glyphodes bivitralis, Glyphodes pulverulentalis | ||
Glyphodes caesalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, mainland India, Burma, the Andaman Islands, New Guinea, Bangladesh, Fiji, Hong Kong, Thailand and Australia (Queensland).
Adults are pale brown with dark brown spots and orange stripes outlined in dark brown.
The larvae feed on Artocarpus heterophyllus. They bore into the young shoots and the fruit of their host plant.
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