Gadirtha impingens

Gadirtha impingens
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Gadirtha
Species:	G. impingens
Binomial name
	Gadirtha impingens; Walker, [1858]
Synonyms
	Iscadia impingens; Scolopocneme bufonia C. & R. Felder, 1862; Gadirtha inexacta ab. uniformis Warren, 1913; Gadirtha uniformis Sugi, 1982; Checupa tinctoides Snellen, 1877; Gadirtha inexacta buruensis Prout, 1926; Gadirtha inexacta ab. papuensis Warren, 1913; Gadirtha guineana Swinhoe, 1918; Gadirtha papuensis Gaede, 1937;

Gadirtha impingens is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found from northern India and southern China to Queensland, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, as well in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima).^[1] The habitat consists of lowland areas up to 2,600 meters, but it is most frequent at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 meters.^[2]

The larvae feed on Sapium and Stillingia species.^[3]

Subspecies

Gadirtha impingens impingens
Gadirtha impingens guineana Swinhoe, 1918 (New Guinea)
Gadirtha impingens tinctoides Snellen, 1877 (Sundaland to the Moluccas)
Gadirtha impingens uniformis Sugi, 1982 (north-eastern Himalaya)

References

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[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] The Moths of Borneo

[3] Gadirtha at funet

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