Parapoynx fluctuosalis

Parapoynx fluctuosalis

''Parapoynx fluctuosalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Guam, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and the Galápagos Islands. It is also an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded from Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and Sardinia.
Parapoynx fluctuosalis, Ivoloina park,Madagascar Fun fact: larvae of species in this genus are like bagworms, yet aquatic: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/staffhp/dd/macroinvertebrates/Lepidoptera/Parapoynx/Parapoynx.html Africa,Geotagged,Ivoloina park,LepiLED,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Parapoynx fluctuosalis,Winter,World

Appearance

Adults are sexually dimorphic, with a variable colouration of the wings.

Naming

*''Parapoynx fluctuosalis fluctuosalis''
⤷ ''Parapoynx fluctuosalis linealis'' Guenée, 1854

Behavior

The larvae feed on various grasses growing in water, including ''Nymphaea'' species and rice. The larvae are aquatic and form a case of leaf fragments. They live about the bases of their host plants and have occasionally been found on water lily leaves. Young larvae have a pair of long hairs on the dorsum of the terminal segment and there are also some sparse shorter hairs. Later on, it acquires fine filamentous gills enclosing air tubes that join the longitudinal tracheal trunks. The pupa is formed within a case or cocoon.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusParapoynx
SpeciesP. fluctuosalis
Photographed in
Madagascar