Lophothripa vitea

Lophothripa vitea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Swinhoe in 1885.^[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics towards the Solomon Islands.^[2][3][4]

Lophothripa vitea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Lophothripa
Species:	L. vitea
Binomial name
Lophothripa vitea (Swinhoe, 1885)
Synonyms
Selepa vitea Swinhoe, 1885 Heteronota ochthias Meyrick, 1902 Lophothripa vitea ab. viteana Strand, 1917 Lophothripa vitea viteana Gaede, 1937

Description

Basal half of forewings blackish with grayish patches in other areas. There are ridges of raised scales. Postmedial line is double and blackish. Caterpillar grass green and cylindrical and smooth having only primary setae. Head bright green and round. Pupation occurs in a semiovoid cocoon made on the underside of the leaf. Pupa slender and spindle shaped without a cremaster.^[5]

Larval host plants are Terminalia, Lagerstroemia, Sonneratia and Heritiera species.^[6][7]