Biology:Trichoplusia lectula

Short description: Species of moth

Trichoplusia lectula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Trichoplusia
Species:	T. lectula
Binomial name
Trichoplusia lectula (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
Prodenia lectula Walker, 1858 Thysanoplusia lectula (Walker, 1858) Plusia kalitura R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Argyrogramma longisigna Chou & Lu, 1979

Trichoplusia lectula is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout Asia, including the India , Sri Lanka, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Japan , as well as Western Australia and Queensland.

Description

Its wingspan is about 28 mm. Palpi with short third joint. Hind femur of male not tufted with long hair. Head and thorax dark reddish brown and greyish. Abdomen pale. Forewings dark red brown and purplish grey. An antemedial rufous line and a broad white streak found along median nervure and vein 2 as far as the postmedial line, which is bent outwards at vein 5, where a large red-brown patch can be seen above the streak. Reniform greyish with white lines on its inner and outer angle. Some reddish brown sub-marginal dentate marks found with a white streak below those near apex. A rufous submarginal line along with two fine marginal lines and a white line through the cilia can be seen. Hindwings pale fuscous.

The larvae feed on Mentha species.

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Japanese Moths

Wikidata ☰ Q7840923 entry