Biology:Emporia melanobasis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Emporia melanobasis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Emporia |
| Species: | E. melanobasis
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| Binomial name | |
| Emporia melanobasis Balinsky, 1991[1]
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Emporia melanobasis is a species of snout moth in the genus Emporia. It was described by Boris Balinsky in 1991, and is known from South Africa .
Jumping beans
The larvae pupate[2] inside fruit of Spirostachys africana. Larvae develop with the growing fruits which show no external damage. When the fruits are mature each splits into three cocci. The larvae jack-knife inside the fallen segments, causing them to move about erratically and vigorously, to the surprise of the uninitiated. This has led to the name "jumping bean tree". A similar phenomenon occurs with the Mexican jumping bean, Sebastiania sp., which also belong to the Euphorbia family. This bean is parasitised by the moth Cydia saltitans.
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Janse, A. T. (March 1920). "The jumping bean — Emporia melanobasis, Hmpsn". South African Journal of Natural History 2 (1): 121–124. https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_138137_thejumpingbeanemporiamelanobas1920.
Wikidata ☰ Q5374407 entry
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