Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa disjungens | |
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Ophiusa disjungens male | |
Ophiusa disjungens female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Ophiusa |
Species: | O. disjungens |
Binomial name | |
Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858) | |
Synonyms | |
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Ophiusa disjungens, the guava moth,[1] is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including Thailand, Japan, Tonga and New South Wales and Queensland. Adult is a fruit-piercer.[2]
Description
Similar to Ophiusa discriminans, differs in head and thorax being yellowish grey. Abdomen lack black patch. Fore wings yellowish grey without black specks. A maculate line runs beyond the postmedial line. A grey and dark patch beyond the sub-apical spots, and hardly a trace of the patch at anal angle. A dentate sub-marginal line with the area beyond it reddish. Hind wing orange with the black reduced to a submarginal medial patch.[3]
Larva pale brownish, with numerous waved longitudinal black lines, between which are black specks series. There are some red between each pair of legs, and a black patch between each pair of prolegs. Small pared dorsal prominences found on 11th somites. The larvae feed on various Myrtaceae species, including Eucalyptus, Syncarpia glomulifera and Psidium guajava.[4]
Gallery
- Female, dorsal view
- Female, ventral view
- Male, dorsal view
- Male, ventral view
References
- ↑ "Guava Moth". Brisbane Insects and Spiders. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ "Distribution of Ophiusa disjungens Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Guava Moth - Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
External links
- Australian Caterpillars
- Japanese moths
- Characterization of the deoxyuridine triphosphatase gene of Ophiusa disjungens nucleopolyhedrovirus.