Maurilia iconica explained

Maurilia iconica is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.^[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics^[2] of Sri Lanka,^[3] Australia to the islands of Samoa, Rarotonga and New Caledonia.^{[4] [5]}

Description

Forewings gray to reddish in variable patterns. Some specimen possess a crescent shaped reniform stigma. Dots of posterior half of the postmedial row is irregular. Caterpillar dark brown with some pale brown marbles. All subdorsal, dorsolateral, lateral and spiracular lines are whitish and broken. Setae blackish. Inter segments are greenish or orange tinged. Pupation occur in a whitish silken cocoon. Cocoon semi ovoid, dirty fuscous in color and boat shaped.^[6]

Larval host plants include Vatica, Terminalia, Shorea, Anogeissus, Tectona and Saccharum species.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details: Maurilia iconica Walker, 1857 . Catalogue of Life . 12 November 2018.
2. Web site: チャオビリンガ Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1858). Digital Moths of Japan. 12 November 2018.
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 . Academia.
4. Web site: The Chloephorinae, Careini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia . Papua-Insects.nl . The Papua Insects Foundation . 12 November 2018.
5. Web site: Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1858) チャオビリンガ,Cat.3998 . Digital Moths of Japan. 12 November 2018.
6. Web site: "Aquis" orbicularis Walker . The Moths of Borneo. 12 November 2018.
7. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 14 March 2017 . Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1857) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 12 November 2018.