Ocinara albicollis Walker

Naprepa albicollis Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 6: 171.

Diagnosis

This is very similar to Gunda javanica Moore but has a single, incurved process on each side of the furculum instead of this being more basal, flexed outwards and joined by a much smaller, more distal one. The moth tends to be larger and a pinker tone than bifurcula.

Taxonomic note

Chung (2010) has described and illustrated the early stages of Ocinara albicollis Walker. The eggs are lozenge-like and laid in small groups. Early instars are white with a pair of dark spots on A2. Later instars are variegated brownish, with a horn on A8. The host plant was a golden cultivar of Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae), and was severely defoliated. A species of Brachymeria, a chalcid parasitoid, emerged from one of the cocoons. Robinson et al. (2001) noted F. religiosa as a host of albicollis, and all records for Ocinara and relatives are from Ficus.

Geographical range

Indian Subregion, China, S.E. Asia, Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species has been most frequently encountered in lower and upper montane forest but has been taken on occasions in the lowlands.

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