Leucania venalba

Leucania venalba is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1867.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] to Fiji and New Caledonia.[3]

Leucania venalba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Leucania
Species:
L. venalba
Binomial name
Leucania venalba
(Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Cirphis philippensis C. Swinhoe, 1917
  • Mythimna venalba Moore, 1867
  • Leucania venalba Moore; Calora, 1966

Forewings brown without a distinct pale spot at the discal end found on other related species. Half a dark-edged white line runs down the middle of each forewing. Hindwings off white with some darkening basally.[4] The caterpillar is a semi looper. Early instars are grey, which become greener with each developing instar while eating. Head golden brown. A broad, double, purple-brown dorsal line is visible. Late instars brownish with minute dark markings. Underparts pale olive brown. Larval food plants are several grasses and Oryza species.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Leucania venalba Moore, 1867". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 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. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Leucania venalba Moore, 1867". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (4 March 2017). "Leucania venalba Moore, 1867". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mythimna (Leucania) venalba Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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