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
- , “HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants”. Natural History Museum. London, 2010.