Plecoptera violacea Pagenstecher

Heliothis violacea Pagenstecher, 1884, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk., 37: 223.

Remigia crinigera Swinhoe, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 19: 168.

Plecoptera antigona Holland, 1900, Novit. zool., 7: 567.

Carteia grisea Warren, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 51.

Carteia roeniata Warren, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 51.

Diagnosis

See P. nebulilinea above.

Geographical range

Sundaland east to New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji.

Habitat preference

One specimen has been recorded from Kampong Kapok, an area of habitation with some coastal vegetation, including mangrove, on the coast of Brunei.

Biology

Robinsonet al. (2001) recordedErythrina,PterocarpusandSennaas host plants, all Leguminosae. In New Guinea, Milleret al. (unpublished) noted 286 rearings fromPterocarpus but also single records fromRandia,PsychotriaandTarenna(Rubiaceae), andPhyllanthus(Euphorbiaceae).*

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