Blenina donans

Blenina donans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Subfamily:	Bleninae
Genus:	Blenina
Species:	B. donans
Binomial name
	Blenina donans; Walker, [1858]
Synonyms
	Blenina pannosa Moore, 1882; Blenina grisea Moore, 1872; Blenina metachrysa Turner, 1902; Blenina triphaenopsis Hampson, 1905;

Blenina donans is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from India,^[1] Sri Lanka^[2] to the Pacific region (Australia, New Caledonia^[3]).^[4]

Description[]

The wingspan of the adults is up to 40 mm. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Forewings with slightly excised outer margin towards angle. Hindwings rounded. Head and thorax greyish suffused with fuscous. Abdomen orange fulvous with slight greyish tuft at base. Forewings grey suffused with fuscous slightly and with a green tinge in some places. Somewhat indistinct waved sub-basal, oblique medial, postmedial and irregular sub-marginal dark lines can be seen. There is a dark streak runs from discocellulars to the sub-marginal line above outer angle. Hindwings orange with marginal fuscous-black border, widest at apex.^[5]

Larva sub-cylindrical, with all prolegs present and well developed. Head is smooth, and yellowish green. Body smooth, and grass green with the venter tinged blue. Spiracles orange.^[6]

Host plants: the larvae feed on persimmons of Diospyros sp. (Ebenaceae).^[7]

References[]

^ Hewitson, William C. & Moore, Frederic (1879). Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. OCLC 9625544 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Distribution of Blenina donans Walker, 1857". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ "Blenina donans (Espece)". Endemia.nc. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
^ Savela, Markku. "Blenina donans Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Blenina donans Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 June 2014). "Blenina donans Walker, [1858]". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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[1] Hewitson, William C. & Moore, Frederic (1879). Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. OCLC 9625544 – via Internet Archive.

[2] "Distribution of Blenina donans Walker, 1857". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[3] "Blenina donans (Espece)". Endemia.nc. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26.

[4] Savela, Markku. "Blenina donans Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

[5] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[6] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Blenina donans Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[7] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 June 2014). "Blenina donans Walker, [1858]". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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