Anadevidia peponis
| Anadevidia peponis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Tribe: | Argyrogrammatini |
| Genus: | Anadevidia |
| Species: | A. peponis |
| Binomial name | |
| Anadevidia peponis (Fabricius, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Anadevidia peponis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including Japan, India. Taiwan and New South Wales in Australia.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Cucurbitaceae species, including Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis sativus, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo, Momordica chanrantia , Sechium edule and Trichosanthes cucumerina.
-
Snake gourd semilooper anadevidia peponis larvae from Tuvvur, Kerala, India
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.