Biology:Lophothripa vitea
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Genus: | Lophothripa
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| Species: | L. vitea
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| Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885)
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Lophothripa vitea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Swinhoe in 1885.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics towards the Solomon Islands.[2][3][4]
Description
Basal half of forewings blackish with grayish patches in other areas. There are ridges of raised scales. Postmedial line is double and blackish. Caterpillar grass green and cylindrical and smooth having only primary setae. Head bright green and round. Pupation occurs in a semiovoid cocoon made on the underside of the leaf. Pupa slender and spindle shaped without a cremaster.[5]
Larval host plants are Terminalia, Lagerstroemia, Sonneratia and Heritiera species.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe, 1885". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/31e8b41693eb6d3a8995f2df7406635d. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/chloephorinae/lophothripa/#vitea. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Ariolicini/Lophothripa/Lophothripa%20vitea.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/ariolicini/ariolicini_7_1.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (8 October 2013). "Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sarr/vitea.html. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Veenakumari, K.; Mohanraj, P.; Bandyopadhyay, A.K. (1997). "Insect herbivores and their natural enemies in the mangals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands". Journal of Natural History 31 (7): 1105–1126. doi:10.1080/00222939700770581. https://eurekamag.com/pdf/002/002874799.pdf. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13491911 entry
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