Athetis reclusa

Athetis reclusa
	Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Athetis
Species:	A. reclusa
Binomial name
	Athetis reclusa; (Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
	Prodenia reclusa Walker, 1862; Caradrina insignifica Bethune-Baker, 1906; Elydna sparna Wileman & West, 1929;

Athetis reclusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from Sundaland to New Caledonia and Fiji.^[1] The habitat consists of open areas from sea level up to 1,200 meters.^[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 25 mm.^[3] Male with a cleft corneous ridge clothed with scales on vertex of head. Abdomen clothed with woolly pile. It is a stoutly built moth. In male, collar and abdomen black. Second joint of palpi black. Forewings with the basal area clothed with ochreous hair. Hindwings with yellowish base. Some specimens have a black speck in cell of forewing and a series of specks on the postmedial line and margin. The female is pale chestnut brownish. Forewings with very faint traces of usual markings of male. There is a prominent ochreous postmedial line slightly curved from the costa to vein 2, which is non-waved. Hindwings are much paler.^[4]

Ecology

The larvae feed on the leaves of Brassica species, as well as Arachis hypogaea.

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Athetis reclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2018). "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[2] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Athetis reclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[3] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2018). "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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