Nanaguna breviuscula, the pigeonpea pod borer,[3] is a moth species of the family Nolidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India east to Samoa. In Australia it is found in the Kimberleys in Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and from the Torres Strait Islands and Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.

Pigeonpea pod borer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Nanaguna
Species:	N. breviuscula
Binomial name
Nanaguna breviuscula Walker, 1863[1][2]
Synonyms
Clettharra valida Walker, 1863 Bagistana rudis Walker, 1864 Thrypticodes xyloglypta Lucas, 1890 Symitha nigridisca Hampson, 1891 Clettharra floccifera Hampson, 1894 Etanna breviuscula (Walker, 1863) Nanaguna breviuscula uniformis Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula variegatana Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula discoidalis Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula mediomaculata Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula tenebrata Strand, 1917 Nanaguna breviuscula dorsofascia Strand, 1917 Nanaguna teleoleuca Prout, 1922

Description

The wingspan is about 20–24 mm. Forewing with vein 10 stalked with veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with veins 3,4 stalked. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown. Forewings pale red brown. There is an oblique black and streak runs from costa near base to above centre of inner margin. A waved antemedial pale line, and a postmedial line angled outwards beyond the cell can be seen. Inner area greyish from the base to the postmedial line. The apical area suffused with white and three black costal striae runs before the apex. Two black streaks above outer angle, which is suffused with black and white. Hindwings white, and slightly suffused with fuscous outer margin.[4]

It is a minor pest, where the larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Grevillea glauca, Desmodium species and the flowers of Mangifera indica.[5]

References

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Seasonal Incidence of New Pigeonpea Pod Borer Species, Nanaguna breviuscula Walker on Genotypes of Pigeonpea^{[dead link]}
• Seasonal incidence of new Pigeonpea Pod Borer species, Nanaguna breviuscula Walker on genotypes of Pigeonpea^{[dead link]}

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