Nanaguna breviuscula

Nanaguna breviuscula
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 valida Walker, 1863
  • Bagistana rudis Walker, 1864
  • Thrypticodes xyloglypta Lucas, 1890
  • Symitha nigridisca Hampson, 1891
  • Clettharra floccifera Hampson, 1894
  • Etanna breviuscula (Walker, 1863)
  • Nanaguna breviuscula uniformis Strand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula variegatana Strand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula discoidalis Strand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula mediomaculata Strand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula tenebrata Strand, 1917
  • Nanaguna breviuscula dorsofascia Strand, 1917
  • Nanaguna teleoleuca Prout, 1922

The Pigeonpea Pod Borer (Nanaguna breviuscula) is a moth of the Nolidae family. 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.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are buff and grey, with dark brown patches on each forewing.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Grevillea glauca, Desmodium species and the flowers of Mangifera indica.

References

  1. ↑ Nanaguna breviuscula at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
  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.

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