Nanaguna breviuscula

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Pigeonpea pod borer
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Nanaguna
Species:
N. breviuscula
Binomial name
Nanaguna breviuscula
Walker, 1863 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Clettharra validaWalker, 1863
  • Bagistana rudisWalker, 1864
  • Thrypticodes xyloglyptaLucas, 1890
  • Symitha nigridiscaHampson, 1891
  • Clettharra flocciferaHampson, 1894
  • Etanna breviuscula(Walker, 1863)
  • Nanaguna breviuscula uniformisStrand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula variegatanaStrand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula discoidalisStrand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula mediomaculataStrand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula tenebrataStrand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula dorsofasciaStrand, 1917
  • Nanaguna teleoleucaProut, 1922

Nanaguna breviuscula, the pigeonpea pod borer, [3] 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.

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Description

The wingspan is about 20–24 mm. Forewing with vein 10 stalked with veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with veins 3,4 stalked. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown. Forewings pale red brown. There is an oblique black and streak runs from costa near base to above centre of inner margin. A waved antemedial pale line, and a postmedial line angled outwards beyond the cell can be seen. Inner area greyish from the base to the postmedial line. The apical area suffused with white and three black costal striae runs before the apex. Two black streaks above outer angle, which is suffused with black and white. Hindwings white, and slightly suffused with fuscous outer margin. [4]

It is a minor pest, where the larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Grevillea glauca , Desmodium species and the flowers of Mangifera indica . [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nanaguna breviuscula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p.  85 . Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 October 2014). "Nanaguna breviuscula Walker, 1863 Pigeonpea Pod Borer". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ "Nanaguna breviuscula Walker". Insects in Indian Agroecosystems. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 8 August 2016.


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