| Blenina donans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Blenina |
| Species: | B. donans |
| Binomial name | |
| Blenina donans Walker, [1858] | |
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Blenina donans is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from India, [1] Sri Lanka [2] to the Pacific region (Australia, New Caledonia [3] ). [4]
The wingspan of the adults is up to 40 mm. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Forewings with slightly excised outer margin towards angle. Hindwings rounded. Head and thorax greyish suffused with fuscous. Abdomen orange fulvous with slight greyish tuft at base. Forewings grey suffused with fuscous slightly and with a green tinge in some places. Somewhat indistinct waved sub-basal, oblique medial, postmedial and irregular sub-marginal dark lines can be seen. There is a dark streak runs from discocellulars to the sub-marginal line above outer angle. Hindwings orange with marginal fuscous-black border, widest at apex. [5]
Larva sub-cylindrical, with all prolegs present and well developed. Head is smooth, and yellowish green. Body smooth, and grass green with the venter tinged blue. Spiracles orange. [6]
Host plants: the larvae feed on persimmons of Diospyros sp. (Ebenaceae). [7]
Bleninae is a monotypic subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. Its single genus, Blenina, was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Psimada is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Psimada quadripennis, is found in the Indian subregion, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, Sundaland, Sulawesi and Seram. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Mythimna decisissima is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from India across south-east Asia including Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Australia in Queensland and New South Wales. It is also present in South Africa.
Thyas coronata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka to Micronesia and the Society Islands.
Eudocima homaena is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1816. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, the Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and on Christmas Island. It is a major pest on orange plants.
Acronicta pruinosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, the Himalaya, east to Japan and Taiwan south to Myanmar and Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and New Guinea.
Scopula divisaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Sulawesi.
Eucyclodes gavissima, the Oriental orange banded green geometer moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, western China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo.
Semiothisa eleonora is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in south-west Asia, including India, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
Trichoplusia lectula is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout Asia, including the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Japan, as well as Western Australia and Queensland.
Nanaguna breviuscula, the pigeonpea pod borer, is a moth species of the family Nolidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India east to Samoa. In Australia it is found in the Kimberleys in Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and from the Torres Strait Islands and Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.
Tiracola plagiata, the cacao armyworm, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found from south-east Asia, southern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to the South Pacific Islands, including the northern two-thirds of Australia.
Oreta extensa is a species of moth of the family Drepanidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in China, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.
Maliattha signifera is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in south-east Asia, including China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand as well as in Australia (Queensland).
Spirama retorta, the Indian owlet-moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1764. It is found in China, Korea, Japan (Honshu), India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon), Indonesia ,Japan.
Pseudoblabes oophora is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1853. It is found in Assam in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, on Java and in Singapore.
Calamotropha anticella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Surattha invectalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Kenya.
Blenina accipiens is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Australia.
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