Arsacia rectalis

Arsacia rectalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Arsacia
Species:	A. rectalis
Binomial name
	Arsacia rectalis; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Midea rectalis Walker, 1863; Arsacia saturatalis Walker, [1866]; Notocyma pruinosa Snellen, 1872; Arsacia frontirufa Swinhoe, 1885; Amblyzancla declivis Turner, 1936;

Arsacia rectalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.

Description

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in March.^[1] Head and thorax rufous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings bright chestnut. The costa suffused with pink. There is an oblique line runs from apex to middle of inner margin, the area beyond it suffused with pink and with indistinct sub-marginal and marginal series of patches of dark scales. Hindwings dark fuscous.^[2]

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Dalbergia species. They form a shelter from two leaves tied together with silk. The larvae are darkish grass green with a yellowish-green head. Pupation takes place in a loose silken cocoon that incorporates detritus.^[3]

References

^ Noctuidae.de
^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ The Moths of Borneo

External links

Arsacia rectalis in Prairie Research Institute's page

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[1] Noctuidae.de

[2] Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] The Moths of Borneo

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