Kingdom Animalia Family Crambidae Scientific name Terastia meticulosalis Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Terastia Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Agathodes, Butterflies and moths, Microthyris anormalis, Herpetogramma phaeopteralis, Glyphodes sibillalis | ||
Terastia meticulosalis, the erythrina twigborer or erythrina borer, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It has a wide distribution. In North America, it has been recorded from south-eastern Arizona, southern Texas, Louisiana and Florida. It is also present in Jamaica.
The wingspan is about 39 mm.
The larvae feed on Erythrina species.
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