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NOTE: [http://issg.appfa.auckland.ac.nz/database/species/reference_files/MajInv.pdf Waterhouse 1997] lists ''Hyblaea sanguinea'' as present on Guam, but not ''H. puera''.--[[User:Aubrey Moore|Aubrey]] 07:31, 9 July 2006 (ChST)
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Prepared by Aubrey Moore, Entomologist, University of Guam

[[Image:Vitex_defoliator_2.JPG|thumb|Dorsal view of prepared specimen; body length 17 mm; wing span 33 mm]]

[[Image:Vitex_defoliator_ventral.JPG|thumb|Ventral view of prepared specimen; body length 17 mm; wing span 33 mm]]

[[Image:Teak_defoliator_lateral.JPG|thumb|Lateral view of a ''Hyblaea puera?'' caterpillar feeding on ''Vitex'' foliage. Photo by Aubrey Moore; Yigo Ag. Expt. Stn., Guam: 28 June 2006.]]

[[Image:Teak_defoliator_dorsal.JPG|thumb|Dorsal view of a ''Hyblaea puera?'' caterpillar feeding on ''Vitex'' foliage. Photo by Aubrey Moore; Yigo Ag. Expt. Stn., Guam: 28 June 2006.]]

[[Image:Vitex_defoliator_1.JPG|thumb|Dorsal view of a moth at rest]]

=Common Name(s)=
*teak defoliator
=Scientific Name=
*Order: '''Lepidoptera''' (moths and butterflies)
**Family: '''Hyblaeidae'''
***Species: '''''Hyblaea puera'''''
=Host(s)=
*''[[Vitex parviflora]]'' (small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree, lagundi)
*''[[Spathodea campanulata]]'' (African tulip tree)

=Biology=
Caterpillars of this species are brown with a pair of narrow yellow lines along each side enclosing a dark brown band. Eggs are laid on the undersides of the leaves. The caterpillar cuts a semicircular piece of leaf and folds or rolls it over to form a shelter. The mature caterpillar often lives in this shelter by day, and feeds nocturnally. The adult moth has a wing span of about 4 cms. It is brown with a yellow arc or series of blotches on each hind wing.

=Control=
Defoliation caused by teak defoliator larvae may be prevented by weekly applications of microbial insecticides containing ''Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki'' such as Dipel®. These insecticides only kill feeding caterpillars and do not harm other organisms.

=References=

[http://issg.appfa.auckland.ac.nz/database/species/reference_files/MajInv.pdf '''Waterhouse D.F. 1997.''' The Major Invertebrate Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Plantation Forestry in the Southern and Western Pacific. ACIAR, Canberra.]

http://www.usyd.edu.au/macleay/larvae/hybl/puera.html

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/5/1

[[Vitex defoliator research notes]]

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