Arctornis submarginata

Arctornis submarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Genus: Arctornis
Species: A. submarginata
Binomial name
Arctornis submarginata
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Redoa submarginata Walker, 1855
  • Leucoma sikkima Strand, 1914
  • Leucoma keiana Hulstaert, 1923

Arctornis submarginata is a species of moth of the Lymantriinae subfamily of Erebidae family. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya and Sikkim, Sri Lanka,[1] on Borneo and Sumatra[2] and in northern Australia.[3]

Description

Fore wings with vein 10 anastomosing slightly with veins 8 and 9 to form an areole. A pure white species with brown palpi, two brown spots on frons and a brown band between the antennae which have the brownish branches. Legs are spotted with black. Fore wings are irrorated with silvery scales. There is a black speck at end of cell. Costa ochreous towards apex. The wing membrane is slightly corrugated on outer area. Cilia of both wings are more or less tinged with fuscous.[4]

Larva pale fuscous with simple long scattered spatulate hairs. There is a dorsal tuft of long black hairs from the second somite. There are sub-dorsal and sub-lateral black lines present. The second somite with a yellow band present.

Ecology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on bamboo and other hosts. They are a potential pest of tea.[5] They defoliate their host plant.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Arctornis submarginata". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  3. ↑ Arctornis submarginata - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  4. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Arctornis submarginata (Walker, 1855)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Biocontrol potential of a newly isolated bacterial agent against Arctornis submarginata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) occurring in Darjeeling Terai region

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