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Pale-edged Selenisa
Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Butterflies & moths

Pale-edged Selenisa

Selenisa sueroides Guenée, 1852

Names

EnglishPale-edged Selenisa
Dutch—
SpanishPolilla de frente pálido
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSelenisa sueroides Guenée, 1852

About this species

Selenisa sueroides, the pale-edged selenisa or legume caterpillar, is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America.

Some systems of Microtubing to help irrigate commercial crops have been compromised, as the larvae of S. sueroides had damaged the pipes in the citrus groves of south Florida. The caterpillars had munched holes in the plastic tubing to penetrate the pipes and then pupate. They seemed to prefer black tubing compared to coloured tubing.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusSelenisa

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
13iNaturalist observations
2024First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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