Kingdom Animalia Family Crambidae Scientific name Uresiphita polygonalis Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Uresiphita Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Uresiphita, Butterflies and moths, Epiphryne verriculata, Uresiphita gilvata, Nyctemera annulata | ||
Uresiphita polygonalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the Pacific, including Hawaii and New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Europe and northern & southern Africa
The wingspan is about 27 mm. Adults range in color from green to red.
Larval foodplants are mainly quinolizidine-bearing tribes of Fabaceae, (Ulex europaeus, Genista sp., Sarothamnus sp., Sophoreae sp., Sophora tomentosa, Carmichaeliae and Genisteae). In Hawaii they have been recorded on Acacia koa and Sophora chrysophylla. They feed gregariously among webbed leaves.
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