Sexes show dimorphism with variable colour morphs. The wingspan of the female is about 46–54 mm, whereas the male's is about 30–40 mm. The adult male has two morphs. The common form is smoke brown with uniformly brown forewings and pale greyish hindwings. In the forewing, black specks and a pale patch outside the subbasal line can be seen.[4]
The adult female also has two forms with an areole on each forewing and they lack the white colored portions on forewings which is found on male. The common form has an irregular longitudinal dark brown zone in the center of forewing. The more rare form has pale colours. The underside of the wings are similar in both sexes with less pronounced markings.[4]
The full-grown caterpillar is 38–44 mm long. It is hairy with four white or brown dorsal tussocks. It is greyish brown with a crimson-reddish head, legs and prolegs. Head with red stripes found on full-grown caterpillar. Pupation occurs inside a silk cocoon spun between the leaves of the food plant.[5]
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Development and reproduction of Dasychira mendosa (Lepidoptera: Lymantridae) on three species of Terminalia 1988
olene, mendosa, brown, tussock, moth, hairy, tussock, moth, moth, family, erebidae, species, first, described, jacob, hübner, 1823, found, india, bangladesh, lanka, indonesia, taiwan, thailand, australia, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arth. Olene mendosa the brown tussock moth or hairy tussock moth is a moth of the family Erebidae The species was first described by Jacob Hubner in 1823 1 It is found in India Bangladesh Sri Lanka 2 Indonesia Taiwan Thailand and Australia 3 Olene mendosaScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily ErebidaeGenus OleneSpecies O mendosaBinomial nameOlene mendosaHubner 1823SynonymsAntipha basalis Walker 1855 Nioda fusiformis Walker 1855 Rilia lanceolata Walker 1855 Dasychira mendosa Hubner 1823 Dasychira sawanta Moore 1860 Dasychira basalis Walker 1865 Dasychira basigera Walker 1865 Dasychira divisa Walker 1865 Rilias distinguenda Walker 1865 Olene basivitta Walker 1865 Rilia basivitta Walker 1869 Turriga invasa Walker 1869 Contents 1 Description 2 Pest 3 References 4 External linksDescription EditSexes show dimorphism with variable colour morphs The wingspan of the female is about 46 54 mm whereas the male s is about 30 40 mm The adult male has two morphs The common form is smoke brown with uniformly brown forewings and pale greyish hindwings In the forewing black specks and a pale patch outside the subbasal line can be seen 4 The adult female also has two forms with an areole on each forewing and they lack the white colored portions on forewings which is found on male The common form has an irregular longitudinal dark brown zone in the center of forewing The more rare form has pale colours The underside of the wings are similar in both sexes with less pronounced markings 4 The full grown caterpillar is 38 44 mm long It is hairy with four white or brown dorsal tussocks It is greyish brown with a crimson reddish head legs and prolegs Head with red stripes found on full grown caterpillar Pupation occurs inside a silk cocoon spun between the leaves of the food plant 5 Pest EditThe caterpillar of this species is polyphagous and feeds on a diverse range of plant species In India the caterpillar has been recorded on crops such as Solanum tuberosum Tamarindus indica Citrus Cedrus deodara 6 Acacia nilotica 7 Mangifera indica 8 Camellia sinensis Ricinus communis 9 and Salmalia malabarica 10 In Bangladesh caterpillars were recorded on Sesbania aculeata and Bauhinia purpurea 11 Other common food plants of larva include Ceiba Durio Terminalia Raphanus Shorea Dipterocarpus Aleurites Excoecaria Pelargonium Saccharum Sorghum Zea Cinnamomum Careya Arachis Butea Cajanus Cassia Dalbergia Pithecellobium Sesbania Vigna Lagerstroemia Hibiscus Zizyphus Rosa Populus Santalum Dimocarpus Litchi Nephelium Schleichera Achras Palaquium Melongena Tectona 12 Macadamia integrifolia Persea americana Terminalia carolinensis References Edit Species Details Olene mendosa Hubner 1823 Catalogue of Life Retrieved 7 March 2018 Kocak Ahmet Omer 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 Brown Tussock Moth Brisbane Insects Retrieved 7 March 2018 a b Olene mendosa Hubner The Moths of Borneo Retrieved 7 March 2018 Herbison Evans Don amp Crossley Stella 9 December 2015 Olene mendosa Hubner 1823 Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths Retrieved 6 October 2018 Dasychira mendosa Huebner Lepidoptera Lymantridae a Report of New Pest on Cedrus deodara Roxb G Don in Himachal Pradesh Indian Forester Journal Retrieved 7 March 2018 Dasychira mendosa Hubner Lepidoptera Lymantriidae a new pest record on Acacia nilotica ssp indica babul from Tamil Nadu CABI Retrieved 7 March 2018 A Short Note on a Lymantrid Caterpillar Dasychira mendosa Hubn Feeding on Mango Leaves Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 1929 Retrieved 7 March 2018 Biological note on Dasychira mendosa Hubn Gujarat Agricultural University Research Journal Retrieved 7 March 2018 Dasychira mendosa Lepidoptera Lymantriidae as a new pest of cotton Salmalia malabarica D C Schott amp Nedl at Mannuthy Kerala 1978 Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala Retrieved 7 March 2018 Biology of Dasychira mendosa Hubner Lymantriidae Lepidoptera polyphagous pest in Bangladesh Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala Retrieved 7 March 2018 Savela Markku Olene mendosa Hubner 1823 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved 6 October 2018 External links EditDevelopment and reproduction of Dasychira mendosa Lepidoptera Lymantridae on three species of Terminalia 1988 Dasychira mendosa The Pherobase This article on a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olene mendosa amp oldid 1040086718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
