Megastes grandalis

TaxID: 1140899

Basic Information

Megastes grandalis

Sweet Potato Moth Borer

Megastes grandalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guen e in 1854. It is found in Brazil.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Megastes

grandalis

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Megastes grandalis
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(c) Maria Cristhina@BY-NC
Megastes grandalis
c
(c) Maria Cristhina@BY-NC
Megastes grandalis
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(c) unknown@CC0
Megastes grandalis
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(c) Frank DiStefano@BY-NC
Megastes grandalis
c
(c) Marlyn Yurieth Espinosa Villarreal@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (1 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Ipomoea batatas Host

Quarantine Status (10 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Grenada Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Haiti Quarantine pests —
Jamaica Quarantine pests —
Saint Kitts and Nevis Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (13 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

12
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Brazil Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
France Present —
Guyana Present —
Honduras Present —
Mexico Present —
Panama Present —
Peru Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (5 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
LNAUW1769-17 BOLD:ACY9854 COI-5P 658 Paraguay 1986-08-07 -22.65, -56.0167
IBLPC848-11 BOLD:AAQ4014 COI-5P 612 Ecuador 2006-04-21 -2.185, -80.02
BCIPY685-12 BOLD:ACC9582 COI-5P 658 Panama 2010-09-07 9.15472, -79.8481
BCIPY669-12 BOLD:ACC9582 COI-5P 658 Panama 2009-09-21 9.15472, -79.8481
ARMOT209-12 BOLD:ACA9047 COI-5P 658 Argentina 2011-05-30 -25.12052, -58.17239

Literature