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Condica illecta

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia /Australia - French Polynesia; s. to Rapa (vagrant to NZ)

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

KEY FEATURES: Medium moth (13-16mmTL) brown, grey and black with whitish kidney spot.

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

Condica illecta (Walker, 1965)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; NOCTUIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Medium moth (13-16mmTL) brown, grey and black with whitish kidney spot. Fore wings more or less oblong, body stout; forewings light brown with weak bronze iridescence crossed by variable number of incomplete black lines whitish kidney spot present in cell with smaller more weakly marked spot to the inside. Underside of fore wings black leading edge brown. Hind wings grey lighter towards body than distal margin fringe grey or buff, underside grey darker distally. Head and Thorax brown, underside paler. Abdomen grey, underside paler with segmental spots. Legs banded brown and black. Antennae brown.

GENERAL NOTE: Caterpillar a cutworm on herbaceous weeds and vegetable crops. Adult nocturnal.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #78, 193, 334, 362, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000; fieldspecimen+photo, Tupapa, 7/2002, ID GMcC.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, 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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