Azygophleps scalaris

Species of moth

Azygophleps scalaris

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Cossidae
Genus:  | Azygophleps
Species:  |

A. scalaris

Binomial name
Azygophleps scalaris

(Fabricius, 1775)[1]

Synonyms

* Phalaena (Hepialus) scalaris Fabricius, 1775
* Zeuzera bivittata Walker, 1865

Azygophleps scalaris, the sesbania stem borer, is a moth in the family Cossidae found in Pakistan, India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Somalia, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania and Sudan.

The larvae feed on Sesbania species. They tunnel through the main stem of the host plant and also feed on the roots and eat the pith region without damaging the epidermis.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)". Pensoft.net. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4833176
* Wikispecies: Azygophleps scalaris
* CoL: K67B
* EoL: 385073
* GBIF: 1730756
* iNaturalist: 652377
* IRMNG: 10472712
* LepIndex: 70383

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