Hymenoptychis sordida

Hymenoptychis sordida
	Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Hymenoptychis
Species:	H. sordida
Binomial name
	Hymenoptychis sordida; Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
	Botys pterophoralis Walker, 1866; Hymenoptychis pterophoralis (Walker, 1866); Syrbatis tipuliformis Walker, 1863; Hymenoptychis tipuliformis (Walker, 1863);

Hymenoptychis sordida, the pneumatophore moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is known from Australia, southern and South-East Asia, several Pacific islands, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is about 25 mm.^[2]

Known food plants are Acanthaceae (Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.).^[3]

References

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852". Afromoths. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (31 January 2013). "Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 Pneumatophore Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ Asselbergs, 2008. "Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea". In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. 1 (2007):469–561