Erionota thrax

TaxID: 1816794

Basic Information

Erionota thrax

Banana Skipper

Erionota thrax, the palm redeye or the banana skipper, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from India, through south-eastern Asia to Papua New Guinea. In the north it is found up to southern China. It is an introduced species on various Pacific islands, including the Solomon Islands and Hawaii. It has also been recorded from Mauritius. The wingspan is 70 C77 mm. There are multiple generations per year. The larvae feed on the leaves of Musa species, especially Musa textilis. It has also been recorded on Cocos nucifera and other palm species. The rolls in banana leaves that E. thrax larvae create when feeding have been used as overwintering shelters for wasp species Polistes japonicus in Okinawa, Japan.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Hesperiidae

Erionota

thrax

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Juan Manuel Sánchez@BY-NC-SA
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(c) sunnyjosef@BY
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(c) Mehd Halaouate@BY-NC
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(c) kanzabilbina@BY-NC
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(c) chengailim@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (7 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Brazil A1 list 2018
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (18 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

17
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
Cambodia Absent —
China Present
Guam Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Lao People's Democratic Republic Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Myanmar Present —
Mauritius 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