Lophothripa vitea

Lophothripa vitea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Swinhoe in 1885.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics towards the Solomon Islands.[2][3][4]

Lophothripa vitea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Lophothripa
Species:
L. vitea
Binomial name
Lophothripa vitea
(Swinhoe, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Selepa vitea Swinhoe, 1885
  • Heteronota ochthias Meyrick, 1902
  • Lophothripa vitea ab. viteana Strand, 1917
  • Lophothripa vitea viteana Gaede, 1937

Description

Basal half of forewings blackish with grayish patches in other areas. There are ridges of raised scales. Postmedial line is double and blackish. Caterpillar grass green and cylindrical and smooth having only primary setae. Head bright green and round. Pupation occurs in a semiovoid cocoon made on the underside of the leaf. Pupa slender and spindle shaped without a cremaster.[5]

Larval host plants are Terminalia, Lagerstroemia, Sonneratia and Heritiera species.[6][7]

References
  1. "Species Details: Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe, 1885". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. "The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (8 October 2013). "Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. Veenakumari, K.; Mohanraj, P.; Bandyopadhyay, A.K. (1997). "Insect herbivores and their natural enemies in the mangals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 31 (7): 1105–1126. doi:10.1080/00222939700770581. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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