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Ischyja manlia is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Indian Subregion, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, China, Okinawa, Sundaland, Sulawesi, the southern Moluccas, Australia (Queensland) and Palau. Adults pierce the skin of fruit to suck the juice. It was also found recently from Korea.
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Description
Wingspan of male ranges from 80-100mm and female with 96-112mm. In male, head and thorax red-brown. Abdomen fuscous or red-brown. A white spot found at base of hind tibia and others on the outer spur of mid legs and outer medial spur of hind legs. Fore wings pale or dark red-brown or olive-brown, irrorated with dark specks. There are traces of antemedial and medial waved lines. A straight oblique postmedial line found. Orbicular and reniform greyish or ochreous, or in the form of deep black quadrate spots with white edges. Black spots can be seen below center and end of cell generally present, with a white lunule on it and conjoined by a streak. There is a large ochreous patch found sometimes present from lower end of cell to inner margin. An obscure waved sub-marginal line commencing as an oblique streak from the apex. Hind wings very dark red-brown. The area near anal angle greyish with dark strigae. A broad, irregularly angled, purplish-blue medial band runs from costa to vein 2. A black spot with pale streak can be seen on it above anal angle. Ventral side of fore wing with white irregular postmedial band from the costa to vein 2. Hind wings with dentate postmedial line present.
In female, fore wings are much uniform in color and without the black patches. The oblique line prominent. Hind wings with broad and more regular band. There is no mark can be seen above anal angle. The color often very dark. Larva purplish brown and ochreous, irregularly marked with short black streaks. head ochreous with brown speckles. The 4th to 6th and then 10th and 11th somites with short dorsal conical prominences. Pupa efflorescent.
The larvae feed on Schima species, Ligustrum sinense, Cinnamomum camphora, Mangifera indica, Schima wallichi, Dimocarpus longan and Litchi chinensis. They are dark rich brown. The final instar has a band of paler rufous brown.