Kingdom Animalia Family Crambidae Rank Species | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Genus Hodebertia
Leraut, 2003 Similar Butterflies and moths, Dolicharthria, Diasemia, Ancylolomia, Nomophila | ||
Hodebertia is a genus of micro-moth of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Hodebertia testalis, and is found in the tropics, but ranges north to parts of Europe on occasion.
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Description
Adults are white, with two ragged brown arcs across each wing. The larvae feed on Hibiscus, Gomphocarpus and Asclepias species (including Asclepias curassavica).
Distribution
Hodebertia testalis is an African tropical species which has been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, Saint Helena, Somalia, South Africa and Zambia. It is occasionally found in Europe and has been reported from Croatia, England (St Mary's, Isles of Scilly), France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Elsewhere it has been found in Australia (Queensland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taiwan and Yemen.