Gadirtha pulchra

Gadirtha pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Gadirtha
Species: G. pulchra
Binomial name
Gadirtha pulchra
Butler, 1886
Synonyms
  • Iscadia pulchra
  • Hypogramma distincta Lucas, 1892
  • Gadirtha fuscithorax Strand, 1917
  • Gadirtha fuscithorax Gaede, 1937

Gadirtha pulchra is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found from the Indian subregion to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan and Thailand, Singapore, New Guinea and Queensland in Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are buff and grey, with dark lines on the forewings. The hindwings are white, shading to brown at the margins and with dark veins.[2]

The larvae feed on Sapium and Excoecaria species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ A new species of Gadirtha Walker (Nolidae, Eligminae): a proposed biological control agent of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera (L.) Small) (Euphorbiaceae) in the United States
  2. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  3. ↑ Gadirtha at funet
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