Autoba versicolor
| Autoba versicolor | |
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| Autoba versicolor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Autoba |
| Species: | A. versicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Autoba versicolor Walker, 1863
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Autoba versicolor, the flower webber, sometimes included in the genus Eublemma,[1] is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, from material collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. It is the type species of its genus.[2]
Description[edit]
The caterpillar has a light brown head and greenish yellow body, while adults have purplish-pink to light orange wings.[1]
Ecology[edit]
In the larval stage, this species is a pest of flowering crops, webbing together and eating flowers and young leaves,[3] and creating bore holes in flower stalks.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Crop Protection: Pests of Mango". TNAU Agritech Portal: Crop Protection. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Walker, Francis (May 1863). "Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species. (continued from vol. vi. p. 198)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 7 (26): 58.
- ^ Nair, N; Shah, SK; Thangjam, B; Debnath, MR; Das, P; Dey, B; Awasthi, D; Hazari, S (2017). "Insect pest complex of Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) in agro ecosystem of Tripura, N.E. India". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 5 (4): 766.