Oraesia emarginata
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| Female, dorsal view | |
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| Male, dorsal view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Oraesia |
| Species: | O. emarginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794) | |
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Oraesia emarginata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Nepal as well as Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Oman and Yemen.[1]
The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adult females have uniform brown forewings with a few line markings. The hindwings are light yellow, but darker on the hindwing margins. The forewings of adult males are mottled brown. The hindwings are brown.[2] They pierce fruit (peach, loquat and citrus) to suck the juice.
The larvae feed on Menispermaceae species, including Stephania japonica as well as Cissampelos and Cocculus species. This species overwinters in the larval stage in clusters of weeds and soil cracks around the host plant.
Subspecies
- Oraesia emarginata emarginata
- Oraesia emarginata defreinai Behounek, Hacker & Speidel, 2010 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, South Africa, Tanzania and Yemen)
Gallery
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Female, ventral view
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Male, ventral view
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Larva