Ischyja manlia

Ischyja manlia
Ischyja manlia
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ischyja
Species: I. manlia
Binomial name
Ischyja manlia
(Cramer, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena manlia Cramer, [1776]
  • Noctua squalida Fabricius, 1787
  • Potamophora amboinensis C. Felder, 1862

Ischyja manlia is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Indian Subregion, Burma, Thailand, China, Okinawa, Sundaland, Sulawesi, the southern Moluccas, Australia (Queensland) and Palau.[1]

Adults have brown forewings with a pale outer half. The hindwings are white with a dark brown margin. They pierce the skin of fruit to suck the juice.[2]

The larvae feed on Schima species, Ligustrum sinense, Cinnamomum camphora, Mangifera indica, Dimocarpus longan and Litchi chinensis. They are dark rich brown. The final instar has a band of paler rufous brown.

Subspecies

  • Ischyja manlia manlia
  • Ischyja manlia amboinensis Felder, 1861 (southern Moluccas)

References

  1. ^ The Moths of Borneo
  2. ^ Australian Insects
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