Gadirtha pulchra

Gadirtha pulchra is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found from the Indian subregion to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan and Thailand, Singapore, New Guinea and Queensland in Australia.[1]

Gadirtha pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Gadirtha
Species:
G. pulchra
Binomial name
Gadirtha pulchra
Butler, 1886
Synonyms
  • Iscadia pulchra
  • Hypogramma distincta Lucas, 1892
  • Gadirtha fuscithorax Strand, 1917
  • Gadirtha fuscithorax Gaede, 1937

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are buff and grey, with dark lines on the forewings. The hindwings are white, shading to brown at the margins and with dark veins.[2]

The larvae feed on Sapium and Excoecaria species.[3]

References
  1. Pogue, Michael (2014). "A new species of Gadirtha Walker (Nolidae, Eligminae): a proposed biological control agent of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera (L.) Small) (Euphorbiaceae) in the United States". ZooKeys (382): 13–25. doi:10.3897/zookeys.382.6600. PMC 3950419. PMID 24624017.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 October 2014). "Iscadia pulchra (Butler, 1886)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (31 May 2020). "Gadirtha pulchra Butler, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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