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Giaura tortricoides is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Japan,[3] Andaman Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Flores, Sulawesi, New Guinea,[4] Bismarck Islands and Australia.[5]

Giaura tortricoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Giaura
Species:
G. tortricoides
Binomial name
Giaura tortricoides
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Orosa tortricoides Walker, 1865 [1866]
  • Subrita? basigerella Walker, 1866
  • Sarrothripa curvilinea Snellen, 1879
  • Giaura tortricoides ab. borneonis Strand, 1917
  • Giaura tortricoides ab. ura Strand, 1917
  • Giaura tortricoides borneonis Gaede and ura Gaede, 1937

Description


Adult wingspan is 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in).[6] Forewings dark brown. Some specimen with sub-dorsal longitudinal dark bar. Tymbal organs are absent. Larval food plant is Hibiscus tiliaceus. Caterpillar is smooth slightly spindle shaped and green. Head is black. Pupation occurs in a cocoon. Cocoon is pale grayish white and boat shaped.[7]


References


  1. "Species Details: Giaura tortricoides Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. "Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866]) ヒロバキノカワガ". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. "The Chloephorinae, Sarrothripini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. "ヒロバキノカワガ Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866])". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. ""Giaura" tortricoides Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.



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