Selenisa sueroides
Adult (top) and larva (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Selenisa
Species:
S. sueroides
Binomial name
Selenisa sueroides
(Guenee, 1852)

Selenisa sueroides, the pale-edged selenisa or legume caterpillar, is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Some systems of Microtubing to help irrigate commercial crops have been compromised, as the larvae of S. sueroides had damaged the pipes in the citrus groves of south Florida. The caterpillars had munched holes in the plastic tubing to penetrate the pipes and then pupate. They seemed to prefer black tubing compared to coloured tubing.[4]

References

  1. "Selenisa sueroides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Selenisa sueroides". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Freddie R. Lamm, James E. Ayars and Francis S. Nakayama (Editors) Microirrigation for Crop Production: Design, Operation, and Management, p. 402, at Google Books

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