Oraesia emarginata

Oraesia emarginata
Oraesia emarginata
Female, dorsal view
Male, dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Oraesia
Species: O. emarginata
Binomial name
Oraesia emarginata
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Noctua emarginata Fabricius, 1794
  • Calpe emarginata
  • Calyptra emarginata
  • Oraesia metallescens Guenée, 1852
  • Oraesia alliciens Walker, [1858]
  • Oraesia tentans Walker, [1858]
  • Oraesia camaguina Swinhoe, 1918

Oraesia emarginata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Nepal as well as Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Oman and Yemen.[1]

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adult females have uniform brown forewings with a few line markings. The hindwings are light yellow, but darker on the hindwing margins. The forewings of adult males are mottled brown. The hindwings are brown.[2] They pierce fruit (peach, loquat and citrus) to suck the juice.

The larvae feed on Menispermaceae species, including Stephania japonica as well as Cissampelos and Cocculus species. This species overwinters in the larval stage in clusters of weeds and soil cracks around the host plant.

Subspecies

  • Oraesia emarginata emarginata
  • Oraesia emarginata defreinai Behounek, Hacker & Speidel, 2010 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, South Africa, Tanzania and Yemen)

Gallery

  • Female, ventral view

  • Male, ventral view

  • Larva

References

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ padil
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