Biology:Nanaguna breviuscula
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| Genus: | Nanaguna
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| Species: | N. breviuscula
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Nanaguna breviuscula, the pigeonpea pod borer,[3] is a moth species of the family Nolidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India east to Samoa. In Australia it is found in the Kimberleys in Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and from the Torres Strait Islands and Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.
Description
The wingspan is about 20–24 mm. Forewing with vein 10 stalked with veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with veins 3,4 stalked. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown. Forewings pale red brown. There is an oblique black and streak runs from costa near base to above centre of inner margin. A waved antemedial pale line, and a postmedial line angled outwards beyond the cell can be seen. Inner area greyish from the base to the postmedial line. The apical area suffused with white and three black costal striae runs before the apex. Two black streaks above outer angle, which is suffused with black and white. Hindwings white, and slightly suffused with fuscous outer margin.[4]
It is a minor pest, where the larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Grevillea glauca, Desmodium species and the flowers of Mangifera indica.[5]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Nanaguna breviuscula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=275065.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 85. https://archive.org/details/listspecimensle08graygoog. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (21 October 2014). "Nanaguna breviuscula Walker, 1863 Pigeonpea Pod Borer". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sarr/breviuscula.html. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Nanaguna breviuscula Walker". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Nanaguna-breviuscula.php. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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- Australian Faunal Directory
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Wikidata ☰ Q6962354 entry
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