Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Nygmiini > Orvasca
Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
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Orvasca subnotata
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Plumeria alba (Apocynaceae) and Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) (Singh et al. 2021) in Sondhi et al. 2021.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
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Similiar species:
Somena similis (Moore, [1860])
Somena scintillans Walker, 1856
The individual represented by the life cycle cf635-644 on this website has larva that matches that of Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865, but has entirely yellow hindwings, which represents a descrepancy to the description of orvasca, wherein both sexes of this species have HW brown with marginal yellow even border.
Somena scintillans Walker, 1856
Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
Both sexes of Orvasca subnotata similar to female of S. scintillans but the forewing is paler, crossed by two distinct, whitish median lines. Yellow border lacks iridescent scales like in S. scintillans (MON). Male: FW: brownish protrusions touch wing margin. HW: brown with marginal yellow even border. Female: FW: brownish protrusions touch wing margin. HW: brown with marginal yellow even border. FW costa is brown. Orvasca subnotata larva lacks crimson tubercles on lateral surface.
The individual represented by the life cycle cf635-644 on this website has larva that matches that of Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865, but has entirely yellow hindwings, which represents a descrepancy to the description of orvasca, wherein both sexes of this species have HW brown with marginal yellow even border.
References:
- Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 502.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pg. 75, Pl. 56/10-11. As Euproctis subnotata.
- Wang, H.S., Wang, M. and Fan, X.L., 2011. Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2887(1), pp.57-68.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/01_LYMANTRIINAE/16_Orvasca/Orvasca%20subnotata/Orvasca%20subnotata.htm [accessed 23 June 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124255-Orvasca-subnotata
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=189602
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Nygmiini > Orvasca
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Singh, R., S. Sondhi & R. P. Mahajan. 2022. Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865. 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/357853/Orvasca-subnotata
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