Gadirtha impingens

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Gadirtha impingens
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Collomeninae
Genus: Gadirtha
Species:
G. impingens
Binomial name
Gadirtha impingens
Walker, [1858]
Synonyms
  • Iscadia impingens
  • Scolopocneme bufoniaC. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Gadirtha inexacta ab. uniformisWarren, 1913
  • Gadirtha uniformisSugi, 1982
  • Checupa tinctoidesSnellen, 1877
  • Gadirtha inexacta buruensisProut, 1926
  • Gadirtha inexacta ab. papuensisWarren, 1913
  • Gadirtha guineanaSwinhoe, 1918
  • Gadirtha papuensisGaede, 1937

Gadirtha impingens is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from northern India and southern China to Queensland, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, as well in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima). [1] The habitat consists of lowland areas up to 2,600 meters, but it is most frequent at elevations ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 meters. [2]

The larvae feed on Sapium and Stillingia species. [3]

Subspecies

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Eligminae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae.

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<i>Ariola ransonneti</i> Species of moth

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<i>Tyana falcata</i> Species of moth

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<i>Beana</i> Genus of moths

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<i>Didiguides</i> Genus of moths

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<i>Blenina donans</i> Species of moth

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Gadirtha is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae.

<i>Gadirtha fusca</i> Species of moth

Gadirtha fusca is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in east-central and south-eastern China.

<i>Gadirtha pulchra</i> Species of moth

Gadirtha pulchra is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found from the Indian subregion to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan and Thailand, Singapore, New Guinea and Queensland in Australia.

<i>Gadirtha inexacta</i> Species of moth

Gadirtha inexacta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in northern India and Myanmar, as well as on Borneo. It has also been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

<i>Maceda</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Maceda is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.

Calathusa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Hypeninae of the Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. Many of its species occur in Australia. It was previously included in the subfamily Chloephorinae of the Nolidae.

Aquis orbicularis is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Borneo.

<i>Maceda mansueta</i> Species of moth

Maceda mansueta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in Japan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, India (Andamans), Malaysia, New Guinea, Fiji, Australia, Réunion and the Seychelles.

<i>Maurilia iconica</i> Species of moth

Maurilia iconica is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of Sri Lanka, Australia to the islands of Samoa, Rarotonga and New Caledonia.

Pterogonia aurigutta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Sundaland, Singapore, Thailand, the Andaman Islands and Sri Lanka.

<i>Beana terminigera</i> Species of moth

Beana terminigera is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines.

Labanda semipars is a moth in the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ↑ "A new species of Gadirtha Walker (Nolidae, Eligminae): a proposed biological control agent of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera (L.) Small) (Euphorbiaceae) in the United States".
  2. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Gadirtha impingens Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (May 31, 2020). "Gadirtha impingens Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2020.


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