Ophiusa disjungens

Ophiusa disjungens
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
  • Othiodes disjungens Walker, 1858
  • Anua tongaensis Hampson, 1913
  • Ophiusa tongaensis (Hampson, 1913)
  • Anua timorensis Strand, 1913
  • Anua timorensis Gaede, 1938
  • Minucia indiscriminata Hampson, 1893
  • Ophiusa disjungens indiscriminata (Hampson, 1893)
  • Ophiusa indiscriminata (Hampson, 1893)
  • Anua indiscriminata (Hampson, 1893)

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]

References

  1. "Guava Moth". Brisbane Insects and Spiders. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. "Distribution of Ophiusa disjungens Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. "Guava Moth - Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 14 August 2016.


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