Leucania roseilinea

Leucania roseilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Leucania
Species: L. roseilinea
Binomial name
Leucania roseilinea
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Mythimna roseilinea Walker, 1862
  • Leucania aspersa Snellen, 1880
  • Leucania homopterana Swinhoe, 1890
  • Leucania compta Moore, 1881
  • Leucania canaraica Moore, 1881
  • Leucania stramen Hampson, 1891

Leucania roseilinea, the grain army worm,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka,[3] Myanmar, Sundaland, the Philippines to New Guinea.[4]

Forwings brownish with a pale spot at the discal end. Brown mark on forewing below the postmedial costa. Indistinct dark brown marks on the veins on hindwing margin. Larval host plant is Oryza.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Studies on the grain army worm Leucania roseilinea Walker (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Fukien". National Agricultural Library. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Species Details: Leucania roseilinea Walker, 1862". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ 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 – via Academia.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Leucania roseilinea Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mythimna (Leucania) roseilinea Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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