Sagalassa valida

Sagalassa valida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brachodidae
Genus: Sagalassa
Species: S. valida
Binomial name
Sagalassa valida
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • Jonaca compulsana Walker, 1863
  • Sagalassa crassalis Walker, 1865
  • Jonaca olivacea Busck, 1914
  • Sagalassa querula Felder, 1875

Sagalassa valida, the oil palm rootworm, is a moth in the Brachodidae family. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Peru, Guyana and Brazil.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis. They mine in the roots of their host plant, destroying the tissue and leaving only the cortex intact.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Preliminary observations on the Lepidopterous borer of the oil palm, Sagalassa valida Walker.


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