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Athetis nonagrica

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: India - se.Asia - Australia - French Polynesia; s. to Rapa; Land, lowlands

KEY FEATURES: Medium moth (15mmTL) broad bodied medium brown with thick tufted-collar on forethorax; and one pale bar across forewing.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Athetis nonagrica (Walker, 1864)
SYNONYMS: Leucocosmia nonagrica

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

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Medium moth (15mmTL) broad bodied medium brown with thick tufted-collar on forethorax; and one pale bar across forewing. Body stout. Fore wings oblong, light brown with grey patch near to body and faint buff cell spot with fascia beyond. Hind wings pale greyish brown opalescent. Underside paler. Head and Thorax medium brown; collar (behind head, on thorax) conspicuous, dark brown (males), collar pallid concolorous with thorax but still evident, females). Abdomen dark brown, with the tip whitish brown (males) or pallid grey (females), underside whitish brown. Legs dark brown banded with paler brown. Antennae dark brown, threadlike..

GENERAL NOTE: Caterpillar a cutworm, on weeds and vegetable plants. Adult nocturnal.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #80, 364, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a, 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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