Terastia subjectalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Terastia
Species:
T. subjectalis
Binomial name
Terastia subjectalis
Lederer, 1863
Synonyms
  • Terastia sujectalis Zimmerman, 1958
  • Megaphysa quadratalis Walker, 1865

Terastia subjectalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It occurs across the Indian and south Pacific oceans, including Fiji, Hawaii, Réunion, Okinawa, Samoa, the Society Islands, Sri Lanka and Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

Adults have wavy wings with light and dark brown patterns on each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown with a broad darker margin.

The larvae feed on Erythrina species, including Erythrina monosperma and Erythrina indica. The larvae feed in the pods but also bore in the shoots.

Taxonomy

It has been considered a synonym of Terastia meticulosalis for some time.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
  • Australian Insects


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