Nisaga simplex

Nisaga simplex is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in Bangladesh[2] and India.

Nisaga simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Nisaga
Species:
N. simplex
Binomial name
Nisaga simplex
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Nisaga modesta Moore, 1884

The wingspan is 42–50 mm. The forewings are whitish, yellowish or reddish brown, the interspaces with very broad dark red-brown streaks, which may be partially or (in form modesta) quite obsolete.[3]

The larvae have been reared from various grasses and have been recorded as a pest of rice.[4] Other recorded food plants are maize, sorghum, finger millet, sugarcane, Cynodon dactylon, Echinochloa species, Leersia hexandra and Panicum repens. Pupation takes place in the soil. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[5]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Nisaga simplex Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 63 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. The Moths of Borneo
  5. Nisaga simplex caterpillar on rice in western Orissa


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