Deanolis sublimbalis, the red banded mango caterpillar, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1899.[1] It is found in India (Sikkim, Darjeeling) and Indonesia (Sulawesi), Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Brunei and the Philippines. In 1990 it was first recorded in Australia in the Torres Strait and in 2001 it was detected on the Australian mainland in the Northern Peninsula Area at the tip of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.[2]
| Deanolis sublimbalis | |
|---|---|
| |
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Deanolis |
| Species: | D. sublimbalis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Deanolis sublimbalis Snellen, 1899
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The wingspan is about 20 mm.[3]
The larvae are a serious pest of Mangifera indica fruit, but have also been recorded feeding on Mangifera minor and Mangifera odorata.[4]
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deanolis sublimbalis.
Wikispecies has information related to Deanolis sublimbalis.
- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Spread of red-banded mango caterpillar, Deanolis sublimbalis Snellen (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Cabdirect.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Walker, K., S. Anderson & L. Tran-Nguyen (2005) Red banded mango caterpillar (Deanolis sublimbalis) Updated on 2/24/2012 7:22:31 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au". Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ^ "Extension of existing policy for the importation of fresh mango fruit from the Republic of the Philippines to Australia – Inclusion of the additional growing area of Davao del Sur, Mindanao Island" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-10-11.