Hodebertia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Margaroniini |
| Genus: | Hodebertia Leraut, 2003[1] |
| Species: | H. testalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
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Hodebertia is a genus of micro-moth of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Hodebertia testalis, and is found in the tropics, but ranges north to parts of Europe on occasion.
Description
Adults are white, with two ragged brown arcs across each wing.[2] The larvae feed on Hibiscus, Gomphocarpus and Asclepias species (including Asclepias curassavica).[3]
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.[4] 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.[5][6] Elsewhere it has been found in Australia (Queensland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan and Yemen.
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ^ Australian Insects
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ "Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)". Afro Moths. Belgium Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "1408a Hodebertia testalis". UKmoths. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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