Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Subfamily Noordinae Genus Noorda Order Butterflies and moths | Subphylum Hexapoda Family Crambidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Bocchoris inspersalis, Herpetogramma licarsisalis, Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis, Pterophorus wahlbergi | ||
Noorda blitealis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in subtropical Africa, South of the Sahara and in Australasia (Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand).
It has a wingspan of approx. 19–22 mm.
Hostplants
The larvae are an important defoliator of Moringa oleifera and Moringa pterygosperma (Moringaceae)
References
Noorda blitealis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA