Athetis reclusa

Athetis reclusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from Sundaland to New Caledonia and Fiji.[1] The habitat consists of open areas from sea level up to 1,200 meters.[2]

Athetis reclusa
Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Athetis
Species:
A. reclusa
Binomial name
Athetis reclusa
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Prodenia reclusa Walker, 1862
  • Caradrina insignifica Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Elydna sparna Wileman & West, 1929

Description

The wingspan is about 25 mm.[3] Male with a cleft corneous ridge clothed with scales on vertex of head. Abdomen clothed with woolly pile. It is a stoutly built moth. In male, collar and abdomen black. Second joint of palpi black. Forewings with the basal area clothed with ochreous hair. Hindwings with yellowish base. Some specimens have a black speck in cell of forewing and a series of specks on the postmedial line and margin. The female is pale chestnut brownish. Forewings with very faint traces of usual markings of male. There is a prominent ochreous postmedial line slightly curved from the costa to vein 2, which is non-waved. Hindwings are much paler.[4]

Ecology

The larvae feed on the leaves of Brassica species, as well as Arachis hypogaea.

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Athetis reclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2018). "Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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