Biology:Maurilia iconica

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Short description: Species of moth

Maurilia iconica
Maurilia iconica (5942963690).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Maurilia
Species:
M. iconica
Binomial name
Maurilia iconica
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Anomis iconica Walker, 1857 [1858]
  • Briarda cervina Walker, 1866
  • Anomis candida instabilis Butler, 1889
  • Maurilia bifascia Gaede, 1915
  • Maurilia iconica ab. iconicoides Strand, 1915
  • Maurilia tunicata Swinhoe, 1918
  • Maurilia undaira Swinhoe, 1918
  • Maurilia fortis Swinhoe, 1918
  • Maurilia dalama Swinhoe, 1918
  • Maurilia gilva Swinhoe, 1919
  • Acontia elima Swinhoe, 1919
  • Maurilia iconicoides Gaede, 1938
  • Maurilia subiconica Kobes, 1997

Maurilia iconica is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics[2] of Sri Lanka,[3] Australia to the islands of Samoa, Rarotonga and New Caledonia.[4][5]

Description

Forewings gray to reddish in variable patterns. Some specimen possess a crescent shaped reniform stigma. Dots of posterior half of the postmedial row is irregular. Caterpillar dark brown with some pale brown marbles. All subdorsal, dorsolateral, lateral and spiracular lines are whitish and broken. Setae blackish. Inter segments are greenish or orange tinged. Pupation occur in a whitish silken cocoon. Cocoon semi ovoid, dirty fuscous in color and boat shaped.[6]

Larval host plants include Vatica, Terminalia, Shorea, Anogeissus, Tectona and Saccharum species.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Maurilia iconica Walker, 1857". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4b9da0aac78acfb62ec490bfc1ae04d1. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  2. ↑ "チャオビリンガ Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1858)". http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Maurilia_iconica.html. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  3. ↑ 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/. 
  4. ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Careini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Careini/Maurilia/Maurilia%20iconica.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  5. ↑ "Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1858) チャオビリンガ,Cat.3998". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/78_Nolidae/02_Chloephorinae/3998_Maurilia_iconica/Maurilia%20inconica.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  6. ↑ ""Aquis" orbicularis Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/nolinae/nolinae_3_3.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  7. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (14 March 2017). "Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1857)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chlo/iconica.html. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13492043 entry




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