Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Arsacia | |
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Similar Avatha discolor, Ericeia inangulata, Rhesala, Anticarsia irrorata, Gesonia obeditalis | ||
Arsacia rectalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Description
The wingspan is 14–18 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in March. Head and thorax rufous. Abdomen fuscous. Fore wings bright chestnut. The costa suffused with pink. There is an oblique line runs from apex to middle of inner margin, the area beyond it suffused with pink and with indistinct sub-marginal and marginal series of patches of dark scales. Hind wings dark fuscous.
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Dalbergia species. They form a shelter from two leaves tied together with silk. The larvae are darkish grass-green with a yellowish green head. Pupation takes place in a loose silken cocoon that incorporates detritus.