Glyphodes caesalis (Walker, 1859) - Jack Fruit Borer

Taxonomic Information

Glyphodes Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Glyphodes bicolor (Swainson, 1821). India.
Glyphodes bivitralis Guenée, 1854. India.
Glyphodes caesalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Mainland India, Andamans.
Glyphodes callizona (Meyrick, 1894). Myanmar.
Glyphodes canthusalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka; India: Mainland India, Andaman Islands.
Glyphodes chilka Moore, 1888. India: Bengal.
Glyphodes cupripennalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Glyphodes dysallactalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Glyphodes ernalis Swinhoe, 1894. India.
Glyphodes lacustralis Moore, 1867. India.  (Verification needed)
Glyphodes microta Meyrick, 1890. Sri Lanka.
Glyphodes minimalis Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka.
Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; India.
Glyphodes naralis Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, [1875]. India: Sikkim. 
Glyphodes nilgirica Hampson, 1896. India: Nilgiris.
Glyphodes onychinalis (Guenée, 1854). Sri Lanka; India.
Glyphodes orbiferalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Glyphodes prothymalis Swinhoe, 1892. India: Meghalaya.
Glyphodes pulverulentalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar; India: Assam.
Glyphodes proximalis Snellen, 1899. India.
Glyphodes pyloalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.
Glyphodes vertumnalis (Guenée, 1854). India.
Glyphodes westermani Snellen, 1877. Bhutan.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka52
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1112
Manipur
Meghalaya2
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1111
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal1
Total2223623331

Glyphodes caesalis (Walker, 1859) – Jack Fruit Borer: Artocarpus chama, Artocarpus elasticus, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Artocarpus integer, Artocarpus lacucha, Ficus religiosa (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Glyphosalis caesalis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 17: 499 at http://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/499/mode/1up [accessed 30 October 2017]
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. pg 356, # 5040.
  3. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Pl.  14/30
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphodes_caesalis
  5. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/caesalis.html [accessed 30 October 2017]
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=265678 [accessed 30 October 2017]

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Glyphodes caesalis (Walker, 1859) – Jack Fruit Borer. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.60. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/glyphodes-caesalis, accessed 2023/10/01.