Athetis reclusa
| Athetis reclusa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Athetis |
| Species: | A. reclusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Athetis reclusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Walker in 1862. It is found from Sundaland to New Caledonia and Fiji.[1] The habitat consists of open areas from sea level up to 1,200 meters.[2]
Description
The wingspan is about 25 mm.[3] Male with a cleft corneous ridge clothed with scales on vertex of head. Abdomen clothed with woolly pile. Stout build moth. In male, collar and abdomen black. Second joint of palpi black. Fore wings with the basal area clothed with ochreous hair. Hind wings with yellowish base. Some specimen have a black speck in cell of fore wing and series of specks on the postmedial line and margin. Female is pale chestnut brownish. Fore wings with very faint traces of usual markings of male. There is a prominent ochreous postmedial line slightly curved from the costa to vein 2, which is non-waved. Hind wings are much paler.[4]
Ecology
The larvae feed on the leaves of Brassica species, as well as Arachis hypogaea.
References
- ↑ Athetis at funet
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.