|
''Macaria abydata'', commonly known as the Dot-lined Angle, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native from northern Argentina to the Caribbean and southern United States (southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering north to Colorado, Kentucky and other more northern states). It has been introduced to the Pacific and has spread rapidly since. The first introduction occurred in Hawaii in 1970 (recorded from all the main islands in 1984). Further spread occurred as follows: *1975: Yap, central Micronesia *1976: Bonin Islands (Chichi-jima, Haha-jima) *1977: Saipan, central Micronesia (1985) *1980: Okinawa Island *1983: Taiwan *1985: Guam, central Micronesia (1985) Sulawesi (1986) *1986: Tonga (1985), Fiji (1985), Miyako Islands (Miyako-jima), Luzon, the Philippines (1985) *1987: New Caledonia (1985), Sabah, Malaysia *1988: western Samoa (1985) *1992: Hong Kong The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Recorded host plants for larvae in its natural range are ''Vachellia farnesiana'', ''Cassia'', ''Sesbania'', ''Parkinsonia aculeata'' and ''Glycine max''. Larvae have been observed on ''Acacia koa'' and introduced ''Lysiloma latisiliquum'' and ''Litchi chinensis'' in Hawaii. In the Indo-Australian tropics it has been reared from ''Leucaena'' and ''Mimosa diplotricha''. ==External links== * *(The Moths of Borneo ) *(Moths of Jamaica ) *(Bug Guide ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Macaria abydata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|