Nanaguna breviuscula

Pigeonpea pod borer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Nanaguna
Species:	N. breviuscula
Binomial name
Nanaguna breviuscula Walker, 1863 [1][2]
Synonyms
Clettharra valida Walker, 1863 Bagistana rudis Walker, 1864 Thrypticodes xyloglypta Lucas, 1890 Symitha nigridisca Hampson, 1891 Clettharra floccifera Hampson, 1894 Etanna breviuscula (Walker, 1863) Nanaguna breviuscula uniformis Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula variegatana Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula discoidalis Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula mediomaculata Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula tenebrata Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula dorsofascia Strand, 1917 Nanaguna teleoleuca Prout, 1922

The Pigeonpea pod borer,^[3] (Nanaguna breviuscula), is a moth species of the Nolidae family. 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. Fore wing with vein 10 stalked with veins 7,8 and 9. Hind wings with veins 3,4 stalked. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown. Fore wings pale red-brown. There is an oblique black and streak runs from costa near base to above center 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. Hind wings 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

1. Nanaguna breviuscula at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
2. Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 85. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
3. "Nanaguna breviuscula". Butterfly House. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
4. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
5. "Nanaguna breviuscula Walker". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Seasonal Incidence of New Pigeonpea Pod Borer Species, Nanaguna breviuscula Walker on Genotypes of Pigeonpea
• Seasonal incidence of new pigeonpea pod borer species, Nanaguna breviuscula Walker on genotypes of pigeonpea.