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.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
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^Freddie R. Lamm, James E. Ayars and Francis S. Nakayama (Editors) Microirrigation for Crop Production: Design, Operation, and Management, p. 402, at Google Books
Selenisasueroides, the pale-edged selenisa or legume caterpillar, is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille...
microsprinklers, and drip tape. The system can be compromised, as the larvae of selenisasueroides (owlet moth) has damaged a system in the citrus groves of south Florida...
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