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Ophiusa coronata

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE India - Indonesia - Australia - French Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - occasional; N.Group - unknown; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest on some fruits

KEY FEATURES: Large moth (42mmTL) forewings mainly beige with shades of cream and brown, hindwings yellowish with 2 dark brown patches.

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

Scientific Taxonomy

Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Anua coronata; Anua pondersa

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

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Large moth (42mmTL) fore wings mainly beige with shades of cream and brown, hind wings yellowish with 2 dark brown patches. Forewings beige with 4 narrow darker lines; faint cell spot; scalloped edge. Hindwings background yellowish with 2 large dark brown patches extending almost across the wing; at long orange hair scales close to and on abdomen. Underside yellowish beige. Head beige. Thorax beige. Abdomen with orange hair scales and dark brown bands. Legs and Antennae light brown.

GENERAL NOTE: Rarotonga larval hostplant not known but likely to be Terminalia (Combretaceae); adults are known fruit-piercers.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, BESO99-#71, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04a, 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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