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Genus: | Trachylepidia
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Species: | T. fructicassiella
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Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragonot, 1887
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Trachylepidia fructicassiella is a moth of the family Pyralidae first described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887.[1] It is found in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[2]
The wingspan of the adult is 20–32 mm. Dorsum dusky brown and ventrum light brown. Proboscis short almost concealed. Apical margin of forewings crenulated with apical angle sub-rounded. Apical margin of hindwings slightly sinuated, with apical angle sub-rounded. Anterior and posterior margin of both wings are convex.[3]
The caterpillar is a pest on pods of Cassia roxburghii and Cassia fistula.[4] Parasierola species are known parasitoids of these caterpillars.[5]