Ategumia fatualis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is native to Java and the Philippines, but was introduced to Hawaii and Kauai in 1958 for the control of Melastoma malabathricum.

Ategumia fatualis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ategumia
Species:
A. fatualis
Binomial name
Ategumia fatualis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Botys fatualis Lederer, 1863
  • Bocchoris fatualis

The larvae feed on Melastoma malabathricum. They roll the leaves of their host plant.

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