Lophothripa vitea explained

Lophothripa vitea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Swinhoe in 1885.^[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics towards the Solomon Islands.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Description

Basal half of forewings blackish with grayish patches in other areas. There are ridges of raised scales. Postmedial line is double and blackish. Caterpillar grass green and cylindrical and smooth having only primary setae. Head bright green and round. Pupation occurs in a semiovoid cocoon made on the underside of the leaf. Pupa slender and spindle shaped without a cremaster.^[5]

Larval host plants are Terminalia, Lagerstroemia, Sonneratia and Heritiera species.^{[6] [7]}

External links

• Images
• A note on the entomofauna of mangrove associates in the Andaman Islands

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details: Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe, 1885 . Catalogue of Life . 12 November 2018.
2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Academia.
3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 15 November 2018.
4. Web site: The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia . Papua-Insects.nl . The Papua Insects Foundation . 12 November 2018.
5. Web site: Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe . The Moths of Borneo. 12 November 2018.
6. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 8 October 2013 . Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 12 November 2018.
7. Insect herbivores and their natural enemies in the mangals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands . Journal of Natural History . 1997 . 31 . 7 . 1105–1126 . 12 November 2018. 10.1080/00222939700770581 . Veenakumari . K. . Mohanraj . P. . Bandyopadhyay . A.K. .