Platyja umminia reared from caterpillar feeding on soursop

I reared a moth from a caterpillar found feeding on soursop by Phoebe Wall. (Specimen 4da4f82a501c3).

Following a tip from Dan Rubinoff and Akito Kawahara, I was able to match the moth to Platyia umminia, one of the fruit-piercing noctuids. The HOST database[1] lists soursop (Annona ) as this moth's only host plant. This moth has been collected on Guam previously (one specimen in UOG collection).  However, it is not in Don Nafus's list of crop pests.

References

  1. G. S. Robinson, G. S., A. P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W., and Hernández, L. M., “HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants”. Natural History Museum. London, 2010.
Classification: 
Platyja umminia (Taxonomy)

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith