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Argina astrea

Crotalaria Pod-borer

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Crotalaria Pod-borer, Black-spotted Moth, Rattle-pod Borer

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: n.Africa (Ethiopian) - Indonesia / Australia - Cook Islands

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands

KEY FEATURES: Medium moth (12-15mmTL); wings orange with scattered black white-margined spots.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P		P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
SYNONYMS: Argina cribraria

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; ARCTIIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Medium moth (12-15mmTL); wings orange with scattered black white-margined spots. Fore wings orange with symmetrical wavy lines of black spots between front and rear edge. Hind wings background colour orange; fewer black spots, mainly larger and irregular shape. Underside similar to upper surface. Head, Thorax and Abdomen as wing colour. Thorax has black spots. Abdomen orange, black spots along each side. Legs as body colour. Antennae thin, brown.

GENERAL NOTE: caterpillar on foliage of rattlepod, Crotalaria. Adults diurnal, usually abundant.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #196, 758, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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