Ategumia adipalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found from India to Australia and in Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and China. It was introduced to Hawaii in 1965.

Ategumia adipalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ategumia
Species:
A. adipalis
Binomial name
Ategumia adipalis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Botys adipalis Lederer, 1863
  • Bocchoris adipalis
  • Botys notatalis Walker, 1866
  • Samea cuprinalis Moore, 1877

The wingspan is about 21 mm.

The larvae feed on Melastoma candidum and Melastoma malabathricum. They roll the leaves of their host plant.

Subspecies

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  • Ategumia adipalis adipalis Lederer, 1863
  • Ategumia adipalis nigromarginalis Caradja, 1925 (from China)[1]

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