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Athetis reclusa

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Athetis reclusa
Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Athetis
Species:
A. reclusa
Binomial name
Athetis reclusa
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Prodenia reclusa Walker, 1862
  • Caradrina insignifica Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Elydna sparna Wileman & West, 1929

Athetis reclusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from Sundaland to New Caledonia and Fiji.[1] The habitat consists of open areas from sea level up to 1,200 meters.[2]

Description

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The wingspan is about 25 mm.[3] Male with a cleft corneous ridge clothed with scales on vertex of head. Abdomen clothed with woolly pile. It is a stoutly built moth. In male, collar and abdomen black. Second joint of palpi black. Forewings with the basal area clothed with ochreous hair. Hindwings with yellowish base. Some specimens have a black speck in cell of forewing and a series of specks on the postmedial line and margin. The female is pale chestnut brownish. Forewings with very faint traces of usual markings of male. There is a prominent ochreous postmedial line slightly curved from the costa to vein 2, which is non-waved. Hindwings are much paler.[4]

Ecology

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The larvae feed on the leaves of Brassica species, as well as Arachis hypogaea.

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Athetis reclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2018). "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.