Biology:Hypsipyla grandella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipyla |
| Species: | H. grandella
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| Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller, 1848)
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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.[1]
The adult of Hypsipyla ferrealis is distinguished from Hypsipyla grandella by its gray hindwings, while Hypsipyla grandella has silvery hyaline hindwings.[2]
Biology
The larvae cause damage by feeding on new shoots of mahogany (Swietenia spp.) and cedro (also known as Spanish-cedar and tropical-cedar; Cedrela spp.). H. grandella feeds on the West Indies mahoganies in southern Florida, which restricts the reproduction of the mahogany population.[3] The insects prefer a tree that gets full sun light, and isn't being shaded by a canopy level.[4]
The larvae are often called mahogany shoot borers, but the name may differ by country.[5]
Its larvae are particularly abundant in the seeds of Carapa guianensis and Carapa procera, (Meliaceae)[6][7]
References
- ↑ FAO Forrestry Dep. - Overview of Forrest Pest in Mauritius
- ↑ (PDF) Record of the occurrence of Hypsipyla ferrealis and Hypsipyla grandella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in crabwood Carapa guianensis, Meliaceae) in Macapá, AP – Brazil.
- ↑ Howard, F.W. (March 1997). "The Seasonal Abundance and Feeding Damage of Hypsipyla grandella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Seed Capsules of Swietenia mahagoni in Florida". Florida Entomological Society 80 (1): 34–41. doi:10.2307/3495974.
- ↑ Dos Reis, S.M. (2018). "Growth and yield of mahogany wood in cocoa-based agroforestry systems of two soil types in the Brazilian Amazon". Agroforestry Systems 93 (6): 2163–2172. doi:10.1007/s10457-018-0327-2. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-018-0327-2.
- ↑ "planvivo". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20110919154329/http://planvivo.org.34spreview.com/wp-content/uploads/tropical_taungya_system1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ↑ BECKER, V. O. Microlepdópteros que vivem nas es-sências florestais do BrasiI. Revista Floresta, Curitiba,v. 3, n. 1, p. 85-90, 1971
- ↑ PINTO, A. A. Avaliação de danos causados por insetos em sementes de andiroba (Carapa guinensis Aubl.) e andirobinha (C. procera) (Meliaceae) na reserva florestal Ducke em Manaus, AM
External links
- mahogany shoot borer on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Wikidata ☰ Q5961786 entry
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