Mocis frugalis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Mocis |
| Species: | M. frugalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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The Sugarcane Looper (Mocis frugalis) is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in several parts of the world, including India.
Description
Wingspan 36–50 millimetres (1.4–2.0 in)
Grey-brown. Fore wing with a diffused dark mark above the centre of vein 1 ; an oblique postmedial line pale inwardly, red- brown outwardly; a submarginal series of black specks. Hindwing with postmedial and diffused submarginal lines.
Some specimens have a black spot above inner margin of fore wing before the middle.[2]
Larva pale yellowish ochreous, with darker lines ; two subdorsal lines ; and a sublateral series of olivaceous spots ; 4th and 5th somites edged behind with black. Food-plants, Zingiberacece.[2]
Distribution
Throughout the Oriental and Australian regions.[2]
In a recent publication Mocis proverai, that is found in Africa and on the Arabian peninsula is promoted to a separate species. Both species can be distinguished with microscopic research of the genitalia.
References
- Zilli A. (2000) "African-Arabian and Asian-Pacific “Mocis frugalis”: Two distinct species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)", European Journal of Entomology, jrg. 97, nr. 3, pp. 419–426.
- Abstract
- ↑ taxapad.com
- 1 2 3 G. F. Hampson (1895) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths Vol. III