Anuga constricta

Anuga constricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Anuga
Species: A. constricta
Binomial name
Anuga constricta
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Caecila complexa Walker, 1858
  • Spersara glaucopoides Walker, [1863] 1864
  • Cremnodes macrocera Snellen, 1880

Anuga constricta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] to Sundaland, Philippines and Sulawesi.

Forewings narrow and dark gray. Lighter gray areas found around stigmata. Two subtornal rows of white spots on hindwing. Caterpillar pale green to dirty olive green with a narrow, dorsal gray band laterally expands into triangles in some segments. Setae arise from purple spots. Caterpillar typically found on the upperside of old leaves closer to midrib and petiole with camouflage. Pupation occurs in a cocoon woven by silk in the soil.[3] Larval host plants are Mangifera indica, Semecarpus and Anisoptera species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Anuga constricta Guenée, 1852". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Anuga constricta Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Anuga constricta host plants". Lepidoptera HOSTS. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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