Banisia myrsusalis, the sapodilla borer[1] or sapota midrib folder, is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 and is found in North America, Brazil, Australia,[2] southern Asia (India, Sri Lanka) and Africa (Madagascar, South Africa).[3]
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| Species: | B. myrsusalis
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Description edit
The wingspan is about 2 cm.[4] Palpi with the third joint of moderate length. Antennae nearly simple in both sexes. Outer margin of both wings nearly evenly curved. Body greyish brown, where some specimens with a slight red or pink tinge. Wings are somewhat lineally striated with dark brown. Forewings with the costa yellow. Cilia fuscous on forewing and white on hindwing. Ventral side is silvery grey where striae are prominent and chestnut brown in colour. Forewings with two brownish postmedial and one sub-apical patch.[5]
Ecology edit
A host plant of this species is sapodilla[6] (Manilkara zapota), a Sapotaceae.[7][8] Total life cycle of a male and a female is experimentally proved about 40.8 ± 3.97 and 45.35 ± 4.08 days, respectively.[9]
Subspecies edit
- Banisia myrsusalis cinereola Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Banisia myrsusalis elaralis (Walker, 1859)
- Banisia myrsusalis sumatrensis Whalley, 1976
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References edit
- ^ "700001.00 – 6086 – Banisia myrsusalis – Sapodilla Borer Moth – (Walker, 1859)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 November 2011). "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1895) Sapodilla Borer". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1895)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Patel BS, Jhala RC, Pandya HV, and Patel CB, Biology of leaf-folder (Banisia myrsusalis elearalis) (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a pest of sapota (Achras zapota), Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 63 (1993), pp. 604-5
- ^ "Banisia myrsusalis (Walker)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Sathish, Ravulapenta; Naik, D Jemla.; Deepika, Kundaty. "Biology of sapota midrib folder, Banisia myrsusalis elearalis Walker (Thyrididae: Lepidoptera) infesting sapota under hill zone of Karnataka". AAPMHE. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
