Ptisciana
| Ptisciana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Chloephorinae |
| Genus: | Ptisciana Walker, 1865 |
| Species: | P. seminivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptisciana seminivea (Moore, 1888) | |
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Ptisciana seminivea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1888.[1] It is the only species in the genus Ptisciana.[2] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[3] to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi.[4]
Description
Forewings silvery gray with irregular pale fasciation. Darker flecks found only on costa. The caterpillar is glossy, and light grass green. On each segment, there is faint yellow spot on anterior spiracles. Dorso-lateral tubercles are pale yellow. Pupation occurs in an oval tapered cocoon. Pupa dorso-ventrally flattened and semi-ovoid.[5]
Larval host plant is Macaranga.
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Aprata mackwoodii Moore, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Ptisciana Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ↑ "Ptisciana seminivea Walker". 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 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ptisciana seminivea Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.