Glyphodes negatalis, the karanj defoliator, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It has a wide range in the tropics, including South Africa, The Gambia,[3] Mali,[4] India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan, and eastern Australia (including New South Wales and Queensland).[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Glyphodes |
| Species: | G. negatalis
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
Biology
editThe larvae feed on Dillenia indica, Ficus microcarpa and Ficus religiosa (Moraceae).[6] In India, they had been found also as a main defoliator of Pongamia pinnata (karanj),[7] and in Japan, the larvae had been found on Ficus superba var. japonica.[8]
References
edit- ^ 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. As Dysallacta negatalis. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Species Details: Dysallacta negatalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 January 2013). "Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859)". African Moths. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Chavan, Kabade, Kumar Prajapati, (2012). "Glyphodes negatalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): A new insect pest on Karanj, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre in south Gujarat". Insect Environment. 17 (4): 176-177.
- ^ Tominaga, Satoru (2007). "New host plants of Dysallacta negatalis Walker and Hyalobathra illectalis Walker Crambidae". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 243: 328-330.