Ategumia fatualis

Ategumia fatualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ategumia
Species: A. fatualis
Binomial name
Ategumia fatualis
(Lederer 1863)
Synonyms
  • Botys fatualis Lederer 1863
  • Bocchoris fatualis

Ategumia fatualis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is native to Java and the Philippines, but was introduced to Hawaii and Kauai in 1958 for the control of Melastoma malabathricum.

The larvae feed on Melastoma malabathricum. They roll the leaves of their host plant.

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