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Omiodes diemenalis

Bean Leafroller

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bean Leafroller, Soybean Leaf-folder, Bean Leaf-roller

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: DISTRIBUTION Thailand - Indonesia / Australia - Cooks; n. to Hongkong

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group only - common; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest on beans

KEY FEATURES: Small day-active moth (10mmTL) yellow with dark brown wing borders; wings crossed with wavy lines. Adults diurnal and nocturnal.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Pests & Hosts

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Relationship	Hosts
Pest - caterpillar on	Phaseolus vulgaris,

Scientific Taxonomy

Omiodes diemenalis (Guenée, 1854)
SYNONYMS: Asopia diemenalis Guenée, Asopia lydialis Walker, 1859, Hedylepta diemenalis Guenée, Lamprosema absistalis (Walker), Lamprosema diemenalis Guenée, 1854, Nacoleia diemenalis Guenée, 1854, Pyrausta absistalis Walker, 1859, Phryganodes diemenalis

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; CRAMBIDAE. COMMENT: Formerly PYRALIDAE.

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Pest on beans. Comments: Pest on beans (Fabaceae), including Beach Pea (Vigna marina). Caterpillar lives in a shelter made of a rolled leaf.

IDENTIFICATION: Small day-active moth (10mmTL) yellow with dark brown wing borders; wings crossed with wavy lines. Fore and hind wings orange-yellow with dark chocoate markings; fore wings have 2 cell spots and 3 wavy lines crossing wings. Hind wings have 1 thicker line crossing wings through the middle. Underside predominantly brownish grey with diffuse bronze wavy line. Head and Thorax bronze-yellow. Abdomen bronze, sometimes with white intersegmental bands. Legs yellow and Antennae grey.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #89, 100, 102, 186, 188, 189, 199, 220, 229, 258, 691, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

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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