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Terastia meticulosalis (Erythrina Twigborer)

Synonyms: Terastia coeligenalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Terastia meticulosalis, the erythrina twigborer or erythrina borer, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It has a wide distribution. In North America, it has been recorded from south-eastern Arizona, southern Texas, Louisiana and Florida. It is also present in Jamaica. The wingspan is about 39 mm. The larvae feed on Erythrina species.
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Prey / Diet

Theobroma cacao (cacao)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0