Mahogany Shoot Borer
Hypsipyla grandella
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
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Hypsipyla grandella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in southern Florida (United States), most of the West Indies, Sinaloa and southward in Mexico, Central America, South America except Chile and in Mauritius. The adult of Hypsipyla ferrealis is distinguished from Hypsipyla grandella by its gray hindwings, while Hypsipyla grandella has silvery hyaline hindwings.
Hypsipyla grandella, comúnmente conocido como polilla barrenadora o taladrador de las meliáceas, es una polilla de la familia Pyralidae. Su área de distribución se extiende del sur de Florida, la mayor parte del Caribe, México, América Central y América del Sur, excepto Chile. Las larvas causan daños al alimentarse de nuevos brotes de árboles como caoba (Swietenia spp.)
Distribution
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