Emporia melanobasis

Short description: Species of moth

Emporia melanobasis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pyralidae
Genus:  | Emporia
Species:  |

E. melanobasis

Binomial name
Emporia melanobasis

Balinsky, 1991[1]

Emporia melanobasis is a species of snout moth in the genus Emporia. It was described by Boris Balinsky in 1991, and is known from South Africa .

## Jumping beans

S. africana mericarp with Emporia melanobasis larva

The larvae pupate[2] inside fruit of Spirostachys africana. Larvae develop with the growing fruits which show no external damage. When the fruits are mature each splits into three cocci. The larvae jack-knife inside the fallen segments, causing them to move about erratically and vigorously, to the surprise of the uninitiated. This has led to the name "jumping bean tree". A similar phenomenon occurs with the Mexican jumping bean, Sebastiania sp., which also belong to the Euphorbia family. This bean is parasitised by the moth Cydia saltitans.

## References

1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
2. ↑ Janse, A. T. (March 1920). "The jumping bean — Emporia melanobasis, Hmpsn". South African Journal of Natural History 2 (1): 121–124. https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_138137_thejumpingbeanemporiamelanobas1920.

Wikidata ☰ Q5374407 entry

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