Glyphodes caesalis

TaxID: 259336

Basic Information

Glyphodes caesalis

Jackfruit Borer

Glyphodes caesalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, mainland India, Myanmar, the Andaman Islands, New Guinea, Bangladesh, Fiji, Hong Kong, Thailand and Australia (Queensland). The larvae feed on a range of Moraceae including Artocarpus rigida, Ficus carica, Artocarpus elastica and Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is sometimes called the jackfruit shoot and fruit borer. The species was sometimes placed in the genus Diaphania which is however a genus with more species in the Neotropics and feeding mainly on host plants in the Cucurbitaceae.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Glyphodes

caesalis

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Young Chan@BY-NC
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(c) KUMUD GHOSH@BY-NC
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(c) Vijay Anand Ismavel@BY-NC-SA
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(c) sanahawwa@BY-NC
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(c) sanahawwa@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (21 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Fiji Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia 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 (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature