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Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) – Cabbage Webworm
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- Early stages
- Distribution
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Hellula undalis – Cabbage Webworm
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) – Cabbage Webworm: Brassica nigra, Brassica oleracea, Brassica juncea, Brassica rapa, Lepidium spp., Diplotaxis, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (Brassicaceae), Cleome gynandra (Cleomaceae), Clitoria spp. (Fabaceae), Hygrophila ringens (Acanthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Similiar species:
References:
- OD: Phalaena undalis Fabricius, 1781. Spec. Ins. 2:272.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 373, # 5079, Fig. 200.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 143/1.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Pg. 98, Pl. 17/34.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53700 [accessed 11 April 2020]
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/glap/undalis.html [accessed 11 April 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/208101-Hellula-undalis
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) – Cabbage Webworm. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357075/Hellula-undalis
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