Glyphodes sibillalis

Glyphodes sibillalis
Glyphodes sibillalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Glyphodes
Species: G. sibillalis
Binomial name
Glyphodes sibillalis
Walker, 1859[1]
Synonyms
  • Margaronia sibillalis
  • Glyphodes sibillalis berlandi Munroe, 1956
  • Botys impuralis Herrich-Schäffer, 1871
  • Glyphodes batesi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Glyphodes atlitalis Hulst, 1886

The Mulberry Leaftier Moth (Glyphodes sibillalis) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the southern United States (including Georgia)[2], Central and South America[3] and the West Indies.[4]

The larvae feed on Morus species.

Gallery

  • Larva

  • Damage

  • Damage

  • Pupa

References

  1. ^ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5198. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  2. ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. 2008-09-27. http://bugguide.net/node/view/229136. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  3. ^ "Moths of Belize". Mbarnes.force9.co.uk. http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/images9/glysib.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  4. ^ "Glyphodes at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2011-03-30. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/glyphodes/index.html#sibillalis. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
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