Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam
Author
Swezey, O. H.
Experiment Station Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu
text
1946
1942-12-20
Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam II
163
185
book chapter
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36.
Hellula undalis
(Fabricius)
.
Phalaena undalis
Fabricius
,
Ent. Syst.
3
(
2
):
226
,
1794
.
Hellula undalis,
Hampson
,
Fauna Brit.
India
, Moths
4:
373
, fig. 200,
1896
.
This cabbage pest is widely distributed in tropical regions, also the Mediterranean region and the
United States
. It occurs in
Hawaii
, and was recorded by Fullaway in
Guam
in 1911, as found on radish and horseradish. It attacks plants of the mustard family generally. I reared moths from cabbage at Piti, May 14 and June 9, and from Chinese cabbage June 6. One specimep at
U. S.
National Museum and one at Bishop Museum, Fullaway, 1911.