Ischyja manlia
| Ischyja manlia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ischyja |
| Species: | I. manlia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ischyja manlia (Cramer, 1776) | |
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Ischyja manlia is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Indian Subregion, Burma, Thailand, China, Okinawa, Sundaland, Sulawesi, the southern Moluccas, Australia (Queensland) and Palau.[1]
Adults have brown forewings with a pale outer half. The hindwings are white with a dark brown margin. They pierce the skin of fruit to suck the juice.[2]
The larvae feed on Schima species, Ligustrum sinense, Cinnamomum camphora, Mangifera indica, Dimocarpus longan and Litchi chinensis. They are dark rich brown. The final instar has a band of paler rufous brown.
Subspecies
- Ischyja manlia manlia
- Ischyja manlia amboinensis Felder, 1861 (southern Moluccas)
References
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