Haritalodes derogata, the cotton leaf roller or okra leaf roller, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is widely distributed. Records include the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mali, Réunion, Madagascar, the Seychelles, South Africa, the Gambia, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Andaman Islands, Bali, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China and Japan.[2][3] It is sometimes encountered in Europe, due to accidental import.

Haritalodes derogata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Haritalodes
Species:
H. derogata
Binomial name
Haritalodes derogata
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena derogata Fabricius, 1775
  • Botys multilinealis Guenée, 1854
  • Botys otysalis Walker, 1859
  • Zebronia salomealis Walker, 1859
  • Notarcha obliqualis T. P. Lucas, 1898
  • Haritalodes obliqualis
  • Botys annuligeralis Walker, 1866
  • Haritalodes annuligeralis
  • Botys basipunctalis Bremer, 1864
  • Haritalodes basipunctalis

The wingspan is 28–40 mm.[4]

In Sri Lanka

References

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  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)". Afromoths. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2012-01-11.