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Banisia myrsusalis

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Banisia myrsusalis

Banisia myrsusalis (also recorded as Sapodilla Borer Moth) is an accepted species in the family Thyrididae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from East Kasai, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.

Common name
Sapodilla Borer Moth
Family
Thyrididae
Order
Lepidoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
East Kasai, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy