Arthroschista hilaralis (Walker, 1859) is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Arthroschista hilaralis (Walker, 1859)

Arthroschista hilaralis (Walker, 1859)

Arthroschista hilaralis, the kadam defoliator, is a Crambidae moth described in 1859, found across South and Southeast Asia and Queensland, Australia.

Family
Genus
Arthroschista
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Arthroschista hilaralis (Walker, 1859)

Arthroschista hilaralis, commonly called the kadam defoliator, is a moth species that belongs to the family Crambidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. This species is distributed across India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Australia, with confirmed records from the Australian state of Queensland.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Crambidae Arthroschista

More from Crambidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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