Biology:Giaura tortricoides

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Short description: Species of moth

Giaura tortricoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Giaura
Species:
G. tortricoides
Binomial name
Giaura tortricoides
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Orosa tortricoides Walker, 1865 [1866]
  • Subrita? basigerella Walker, 1866
  • Sarrothripa curvilinea Snellen, 1879
  • Giaura tortricoides ab. borneonis Strand, 1917
  • Giaura tortricoides ab. ura Strand, 1917
  • Giaura tortricoides borneonis Gaede and ura Gaede, 1937

Giaura tortricoides is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Japan ,[3] Andaman Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Flores, Sulawesi, New Guinea,[4] Bismarck Islands and Australia .[5]

Description

Adult wingspan is 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in).[6] Forewings dark brown. Some specimen with sub-dorsal longitudinal dark bar. Tymbal organs are absent. Larval food plant is Hibiscus tiliaceus. Caterpillar is smooth slightly spindle shaped and green. Head is black. Pupation occurs in a cocoon. Cocoon is pale grayish white and boat shaped.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Giaura tortricoides Walker, 1865". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/dc0051f0f01677000ae29360b784a481. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/. 
  3. ↑ "Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866) ヒロバキノカワガ"]. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/78_Nolidae/02_Chloephorinae/3980.1_Giaura_tortricoides/Giaura%20tortricoides.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  4. ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Sarrothripini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Sarrothripini/Giaura/Giaura%20tortricoides.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  5. ↑ "Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866)"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/chloephorinae/giaura/#tortricoides. Retrieved 15 November 2018. 
  6. ↑ "ヒロバキノカワガ Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866)"]. http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Giaura_tortricoides.html. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  7. ↑ ""Giaura" tortricoides Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/sarrothripini/sarrothripini_4_4.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13491745 entry




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