Selenisa sueroides

TaxID: 2013433

Basic Information

Selenisa sueroides

Pale-edged Selenisa

Selenisa sueroides, the pale-edged selenisa or legume caterpillar, is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guen e in 1852. It is found in North America. 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.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Selenisa

sueroides

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Selenisa sueroides
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Selenisa sueroides
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(c) isaacjaca@BY-NC
Selenisa sueroides
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(c) Chrisman Bonnell@BY-NC
Selenisa sueroides
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(c) krancmm@BY-NC
Selenisa sueroides
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(c) Eric Fischer Rempe@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 (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Paraguay Quarantine pests —

Distribution (19 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Belize Present —
Brazil Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
Ecuador Present —
France Present —
Honduras 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