Haritalodes derogata

"Cotton leaf roller" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Phazaca theclata.

Haritalodes derogata, the cotton leaf roller or okra leaf roller, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is widely distributed. Records include the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mali, Réunion, Madagascar, the Seychelles, South Africa, the Gambia, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Andaman Islands, Bali, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China and Japan.^[2][3] It is sometimes encountered in Europe, due to accidental import.

Haritalodes derogata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Haritalodes
Species:	H. derogata
Binomial name
Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)^[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena derogata Fabricius, 1775 Botys multilinealis Guenée, 1854 Botys otysalis Walker, 1859 Zebronia salomealis Walker, 1859 Notarcha obliqualis T. P. Lucas, 1898 Haritalodes obliqualis Botys annuligeralis Walker, 1866 Haritalodes annuligeralis Botys basipunctalis Bremer, 1864 Haritalodes basipunctalis

The wingspan is 28–40 mm.^[4]

In Sri Lanka

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1. Australian Faunal Directory
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)". Afromoths. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
3. Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
4. . Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2012-01-11.