Mangina argus

Mangina argus, the crotalaria podborer, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1847. It is found in south-east Asia, including Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Taiwan, Hunan, from southern India to Kashmir, the Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.[1]

Mangina argus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Mangina
Species:
M. argus
Binomial name
Mangina argus
(Kollar, [1847])
Synonyms
  • Argina argus
  • Aigina argus

Description

Adults with pinkish or brownish red head, thorax and forewing. Two black yellow-ringed spots on collar, two spots on tegula. and three spots on thorax. The collar outlined with brilliant scarlet. Abdomen scarlet with black spots on dorsal, ventral and two paired lateral series. Forewing with six transverse series of yellow-ringed black spots, each series curved, irregularly disposed and variable as to size and number, the postmedial series bifurcating towards the costa. Hindwings also scarlet with one black spot at end of cell, another spot at origin of vein 2, another spot at its middle, and a submarginal series. There is a few small spots on margin, all these being somewhat variable. Larva purple-black with a few dorsal hairs. Head and a lateral line from 4th to 10th somites are reddish. A dorsal series of transverse white streaks.[2]

It is a minor pest, where the larvae feed on the young leaves of Crotalaria species, including Crotalaria juncea. They feed in groups. They bore into the pods and sometimes injure the bark. Pupation takes place in a loosely woven web or within the fold of a leaf. Pupa brownish-orange colored with black spots.[3]

References
  1. "Mangina argus". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Mangina argus (Kollar)". Insects in Indian Agroecosystems. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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