(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 11 May 2008)
These caterpillars are a pest, feeding on
both of ARECACEAE.
The adult moths have dull green forewings each a number of thin red stripes from margin to base. The hindwings are plain pale yellow.
The species is found from south-east Asia to the pacific islands, including :
Attempts have been made to control the pest using:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 348.
C.E. Gallego and R.G. Abad,
Incidence, biology and control of the greater coconut spike moth,
Tirathaba rufivena Walker (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae),
Philippine Journal of Coconut Studies,
Volume 10, Number 2, pp. 9-13, 1985 [Publ. date 1987]
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