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Hymenoptychis sordida
Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Hymenoptychis
Species:	H. sordida
Binomial name
Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
Botys pterophoralis Walker, 1866 Hymenoptychis pterophoralis (Walker, 1866) Syrbatis tipuliformis Walker, 1863 Hymenoptychis tipuliformis (Walker, 1863)

Hymenoptychis sordida, the pneumatophore moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is known from Australia, southern and South-East Asia, several Pacific islands, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates.

The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is about 25 mm.

Known food plants are Acanthaceae (Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.).

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852". Afromoths. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (31 January 2013). "Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 Pneumatophore Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
3. Asselbergs, 2008. "Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea". In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. 1 (2007):469–561

External links

• Swedish Museum of Natural History - picture of type

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• Moths described in 1852
• Moths of Madagascar
• Moths of Japan
• Moths of Seychelles
• Moths of Africa
• Steniini stubs