Leucania venalba

Species of moth

Leucania venalba

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Genus:  | Leucania
Species:  |

L. venalba

Binomial name
Leucania venalba

(Moore, 1867)

Synonyms

* Cirphis philippensis C. Swinhoe, 1917
* Mythimna venalba Moore, 1867
* Leucania venalba Moore; Calora, 1966

Leucania venalba is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1867.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] to Fiji and New Caledonia.[3]

Forewings brown without a distinct pale spot at the discal end found on other related species. Half a dark-edged white line runs down the middle of each forewing. Hindwings off white with some darkening basally.[4] The caterpillar is a semi looper. Early instars are grey, which become greener with each developing instar while eating. Head golden brown. A broad, double, purple-brown dorsal line is visible. Late instars brownish with minute dark markings. Underparts pale olive brown. Larval food plants are several grasses and Oryza species.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Species Details: Leucania venalba Moore, 1867". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Leucania venalba Moore, 1867". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
4. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (4 March 2017). "Leucania venalba Moore, 1867". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
5. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mythimna (Leucania) venalba Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

## External links

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* Occurrence law of armyworm in China and its identification and prevention
* Study on the spatial distribution pattern and sampling technique for larvea [sic] of mixed populations of Leucania separata, Leucania venalba and Leucania lorcyi in rice field
* Insecticidal Control of Agrotis infusa (Boisd.) and Leucania unipuncta (Haw.) in Field Crops
* Molecular Phylogeny of Indonesian Armyworm Mythimna Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae) Based on CO I Gene Sequences

Taxon identifiers

Leucania venalba|

* Wikidata: Q13398822
* AFD: Leucania_(Xipholeucania)_venalba
* BioLib: 1095366
* BOLD: 283539
* CoL: 7245F
* EoL: 472798
* GBIF: 5111082
* iNaturalist: 736060
* IRMNG: 10470136
* LepIndex: 256413
* NCBI: 1424573
* Open Tree of Life: 3196062

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