Glyphodes caesalis

Glyphodes caesalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, mainland India, Myanmar, the Andaman Islands, New Guinea,^[1] Bangladesh, Fiji, Hong Kong, Thailand and Australia (Queensland).

Glyphodes caesalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Glyphodes
Species:	G. caesalis
Binomial name
Glyphodes caesalis Walker, 1859
Synonyms
Glyphodes assimilis Rothschild, 1915 Glyphodes analagoalis Rothschild, 1915

The larvae feed on a range of Moraceae including Artocarpus rigida, Ficus carica, Artocarpus elastica and Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is sometimes called the jackfruit shoot and fruit borer. The species was sometimes placed in the genus Diaphania which is however a genus with more species in the Neotropics and feeding mainly on host plants in the Cucurbitaceae.^[2][3]