Arctornis submarginata

Arctornis submarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
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

Forewings with vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) 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. Forewings are irrorated (sprinkled) with silvery scales. There is a black speck at end of the 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. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  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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