Biology:Traminda aventiaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Traminda aventiaria
Traminda aventiaria (15873238942).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Traminda
Species:
T. aventiaria
Binomial name
Traminda aventiaria
(Guenée, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Gnamptoloma aventiaria Guenée, 1858[1]
  • Timandra aventiaria Guenée, 1857
  • Timandra molybdias Meyrick, 1899

Traminda aventiaria, the cross-line wave moth,[2] is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in the India n subregion, Sri Lanka,[3] to Hong Kong, Taiwan,[4] New Guinea and Australia .

Description

Its wings are dull pale green to reddish. An oblique ochreous-green fasciae is found on the forewings.[5] Discal ring on forewing strong. The caterpillar is variegated light and dark brown and cylindrical in shape with lateral expansions to body. The caterpillar rest on leaf surfaces with a highly looped appearance. Pupa claviform. Cremaster triangular. Pupation occurs in a cocoon made by silk threads woven among leaves.[6]

Host plants include Albizia, Pithecellobium dulce, Rosa species, Oenanthe javanica,[7] and Acacia species such as Acacia leiocalyx, Acacia decurrens, Acacia concurrens, Acacia pennata and Acacia aulacocarpa.

Gallery

  • Reddish morph

  • Greenish morph

  • Dorsal

  • Dorsal

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Gnamptoloma aventiaria Guenée, 1858". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/1da901eb8986bc22b0d04ce64a30a959. Retrieved 28 March 2018. 
  2. ↑ "Cross-line Wave Moth (Traminda aventiaria)". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203869-Traminda-aventiaria. Retrieved 28 March 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. ↑ "Traminda aventiaria (Guenée, [1858) 缺口姬尺蛾"]. http://taibif.tw/zh/namecode/344901. Retrieved 28 March 2018. 
  5. ↑ "Traminda aventiaria Guenée comb. n.". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/timandrini/timandrini_3_1.php. Retrieved 28 March 2018. 
  6. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (7 August 2012). "Traminda aventiaria (Guenée, 1857)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ster/aventiaria.html. Retrieved 15 October 2018. 
  7. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchpageurl=browse%2Edsml&sort=family%2520carposinidae%2520natural%2520history%2520museum%2520hosts%2520database&beginIndex=18030&family=carposinidae&. Retrieved 28 March 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q55636102 entry




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