Mecodina praecipua
Mecodina praecipua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Mecodina
Species:
M. praecipua
Binomial name
Mecodina praecipua
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Thermesia praecipua Walker, 1865
  • Marmorinia nara Felder, 1874
  • Capnodes macrocera amboinica Pagenstecher, 1884

Mecodina praecipua is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1]

Distribution

It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka,[2] New Guinea, Hong Kong, Taiwan,[3] Queensland in Australia, Japan and the Bismarck Islands.[4]

Description

Its wingspan is 5 cm. Antennae very long, reaching approximately to the forewing apex in males. Distal margin of forewing is rounded, and the hindwing is also almost circular. Costal triangle of the wingtip is dark, bounded all round with a slightly paler line, and truncated at its dorsal end. A small black dumbbell-shaped mark is found near the middle of the forewing. Hindwing is much more uniform and pale at the base, gradually turns to very dark brown, almost black. Larva spindle shaped, with a pale dull yellowish-green head which is getting darker slightly ventrally. All prolegs are equally developed. Body bright grass green, with a lateral yellow line and it has yellow spiracles. Caterpillars are known to feed on Ichnocarpus and Aglaia species. Pupation occurs in a loosely constructed oval-shaped cell in the soil. Pupa lacks bloom.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Mecodina praecipua Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ "此為 Mecodina praecipua 主要識別相片". Taiwan Moth Information Center. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mecodina praecipua (Walker) ヒゲナガヒメクチバ, Cat.4330". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mecodina praecipua Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 March 2010). "Mecodina praecipua (Walker, 1865)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.


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