Athetis reclusa
| Athetis reclusa | |
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| Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Athetis |
| Species: | A. reclusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)
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Athetis reclusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from Sundaland to New Caledonia and Fiji.[1] The habitat consists of open areas from sea level up to 1,200 meters.[2]
Description[edit]
The wingspan is about 25 mm.[3] Male with a cleft corneous ridge clothed with scales on vertex of head. Abdomen clothed with woolly pile. It is a stoutly built moth. In male, collar and abdomen black. Second joint of palpi black. Forewings with the basal area clothed with ochreous hair. Hindwings with yellowish base. Some specimens have a black speck in cell of forewing and a series of specks on the postmedial line and margin. The female is pale chestnut brownish. Forewings with very faint traces of usual markings of male. There is a prominent ochreous postmedial line slightly curved from the costa to vein 2, which is non-waved. Hindwings are much paler.[4]
Ecology[edit]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Brassica species, as well as Arachis hypogaea.
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Athetis reclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2018). "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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