Leucania roseilinea

Leucania roseilinea, the grain army worm,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka,[3] Myanmar, Sundaland, the Philippines to New Guinea.[4]

Leucania roseilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Leucania
Species:	L. roseilinea
Binomial name
Leucania roseilinea (Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
Mythimna roseilinea Walker, 1862 Leucania aspersa Snellen, 1880 Leucania homopterana Swinhoe, 1890 Leucania compta Moore, 1881 Leucania canaraica Moore, 1881 Leucania stramen Hampson, 1891

Forwings brownish with a pale spot at the discal end. Brown mark on forewing below the postmedial costa. Indistinct dark brown marks on the veins on hindwing margin. Larval host plant is Oryza.[5]

References

1. "Studies on the grain army worm Leucania roseilinea Walker (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Fukien". National Agricultural Library. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
2. "Species Details: Leucania roseilinea Walker, 1862". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
3. 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.
4. Savela, Markku. "Leucania roseilinea Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
5. "Mythimna (Leucania) roseilinea Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.