''Deborrea humberti'' is a species of
bagworm moth native to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
Biology
The length of the bag 35–45 mm for the male and 45–60 mm for the female. The length of the female adult is 25–35 mm with a wingspan of 37–45 mm.
Known foodplants are:
Leguminosae (probably ''
Albizzia
''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and A ...
'' sp.) and
Casuarinaceae
The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacifi ...
(''
Casuarina equisetifolia'').
This species occurs in forest biotopes, from
Port Berge
Boriziny (French: Port-Bergé) is a city (commune urbaine) in western Madagascar in Sofia Region.
Geography
It is situated at the Route nationale 6 near the bay of Helodrano.
The Bemarivo flows near Port Bergé, just before flowing into the An ...
to
Antsiranana
Antsiranana ( mg, Antsiran̈ana ), named Diego-Suárez prior to 1975, is a city in the far north of Madagascar. Antsiranana is the capital of Diana Region. It had an estimated population of 115,015 in 2013.
History
The bay and city originally u ...
,
Betroka to
Betioky
Betioky is a town in Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar and is crossed by the Route nationale 10. The population is 25,612 inhabitants in 2018.
An airport serves the town.
Betioky belongs to the poorest regions of Madagascar, where no facilitie ...
. Its flight periods are June–August and October.
See also
*
List of moths of Madagascar
References
Psychidae
Lepidoptera of Madagascar
Moths described in 1984
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Africa
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