Maceda mansueta

Maceda mansueta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.[1] It is found in Japan,[2] Sri Lanka,[3] Borneo, Malaysia, New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.[4]

Maceda mansueta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Maceda
Species:
M. mansueta
Binomial name
Maceda mansueta
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Maceda mansueta Walker, 1857 [1858]
  • Calduba obtenta Walker, 1858
  • Maceda rufescens Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Maceda mansuetta ab. mansuetana Strand, 1917
  • Maceda mansuetta ab. mansuetella Strand, 1917
  • Maceda mansuetta ab. mansuetodes Strand, 1917
  • Maceda mansueta mansuetana Gaede, mansuetella Gaede and mansuetodes Gaede, 1938
  • Maceda mansueta rufimacula Prout, 1921
  • Maceda mansueta Walker Kobes, 1997

Description

There are highly variable color patterns in the wings. Adults are brownish with transverse fasciation. Hindwings with gray and black shading. The caterpillar is yellowish with dark reddish dots in tubercles.[5] There is a distinct double dorsal line on the caterpillar with red, brown or black speckles. Only primary setae present. Pupation occurs in an ovoid truncated cocoon which is brown. No cremaster. Larval food plant is Heritiera.[6]

A single subspecies is recorded - Maceda mansueta rufimacula Prout, 1921.

References
  1. "Species Details: Maceda mansueta Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. "スカシチャオビリンガ Maceda mansueta Walker, 1858". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. "The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Maceda mansueta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 April 2011). "Maceda mansueta Walker, 1858". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 November 2018.


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