Opisina arenosella Walker, 1864 - Coconut Black-headed Caterpillar

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Opisina arenosella - Coconut Black-headed Caterpillar


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  1. Opisina arenosella Walker, 1864. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 789. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2930brit/page/789/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Nephantis serinopa Meyrick, 1905. The Journal of Bombay Natural History Society vol. 16: 603. Type locality: Batticaloa, Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5725988#page/701/mode/1up
  3. Becker, V.O., 1981. Identities and provenance of the gelechioid moths originally described by Francis Walker from ‘unknown countries. Systematic Entomology, 6(2), pp.137-141. https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00431.x. Synonymises Nephantis serinopa with Opisina arenosella.
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1050141-Opisina-arenosella
  5. https://goodhands.lk/damages-by-coconut-caterpillar-opisina-arenosella/
     

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Opisina arenosella Walker, 1864 – Coconut Black-headed Caterpillar. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/opisina-arenosella, accessed 2024/03/29.