Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Genus Heortia Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Subphylum Hexapoda Family Crambidae Scientific name Heortia vitessoides Rank Species | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Sameodes cancellalis, Botyodes asialis, Glyphodes caesalis, Glyphodes stolalis | ||
B w moth heortia vitessoides
Heortia vitessoides is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Thailand and northern Queensland in Australia.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults have a pattern of black on pale yellow on the forewings. The hindwings are white with a broad black margin.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhus and Aquilaria malaccensis. They live communally in a shelter made by joining a number of leaves together with silk. The larvae are pale green with a broad black line along each side.
Pupation takes place in the soil.
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