Aetholix flavibasalis (Guenée, 1854)
Leaf Roller
(one synonym : Aediodes cingalesa)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

These caterpillars are a pest on :

  • Mangosteen ( Garcinia mangostana, CLUSIACEAE ), and
  • Pitanga ( Eugenia species, MYRTACEAE ).

    The adult moths of this species are brown, with an irregular pale spot on each forewing, a white band across each hindwing, and a cream and orange thorax and basal area to each wing.

    The species occurs across south-east Asia, including:

  • Hong Kong,
  • India, and
  • Thailand,
    and in Australia in
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Mothology,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2008, p. 29.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 134.

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    (updated 4 November 2010)