Haritalodes derogata

Haritalodes derogata, the cotton leaf roller or bhindi leaf roller, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is widely distributed. Records include the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mali, Réunion, Madagascar, the Seychelles, South Africa, the Gambia, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Andaman Islands, Bali, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China and Japan.[2][3] It is sometimes encountered in Europe, due to accidental import.

Haritalodes derogata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Haritalodes
Species:	H. derogata
Binomial name
Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena derogata Fabricius, 1775 Botys multilinealis Guenée, 1854 Botys otysalis Walker, 1859 Zebronia salomealis Walker, 1859 Notarcha obliqualis T. P. Lucas, 1898 Haritalodes obliqualis Botys annuligeralis Walker, 1866 Haritalodes annuligeralis Botys basipunctalis Bremer, 1864 Haritalodes basipunctalis

The wingspan is 28–40 mm.[4] Adults are pale brown with complex dark brown sinuous lines over each wing.[5]

The larvae feed on Hibiscus (including H. cannabinus, H. esculentus, H. columnaris and H. rosa-sinensis), Pavonia, Gossypium, Anacardium occidentale, Sida, Glycine max, Zizyphus mauritiana and Zizyphus jujuba. They roll the leaves of their host plant. The larvae are green with a dark brown head in early instars, but later becoming dark pink. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 15 mm. Pupation takes place in the rolled leaf.

In Sri Lanka

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)". Afromoths. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
3. Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
4. "Microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
5. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 January 2013). "Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) Cotton Leaf Roller". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 April 2018.