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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF38BAB2C52107BC" bold="true" box="[151,307,474,501]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Thosea lutea</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF38B92BC5080412" box="[151,282,579,603]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Thosea lutea</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF38B9E1C59204EA" bold="true" box="[151,384,649,675]" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Material examined.</emphasis>
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nagar,
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&amp; party (NZCZSI, 7201/ H10)
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF68B9B9C55004A2" bold="true" box="[199,322,721,747]" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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is diagnosed by the absence of the postmedial line on the forewing. In the male genitalia, the saccular zone is very deep and the furca is sinuous, articulating with a subcostal flap. The uncus is oval in the basal half and digitate in the apical half. The tegumen is narrow, the gnathos is robust, thicker and longer compared to all its congeners. The aedeagus is slightly s-shaped and bulbous towards the proximal end.
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF68B809C5730532" bold="true" box="[199,353,865,891]" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Distribution.</emphasis>
Central and southern
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,
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, Bangka,
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Holloway
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. 1987
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(Great Nicobar Island). Reporting of the species from Great Nicobar is its first record from
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF68B8A5C52905AE" bold="true" box="[199,315,973,999]" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFEEDB8A5C5C105AE" box="[322,467,973,999]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">Thosea lutea</emphasis>
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sometimes becomes a serious pest of coconut and the larvae are mainly found on medium to tall palms (
<bibRefCitation id="70724B3F3B5AFF8BFEC2B899C64E0242" author="Holloway, J. D. &amp; Cock, M. J. W. &amp; Desmier De Chenon, R." box="[365,604,1009,1036]" pageId="4" pageNumber="127" pagination="15 - 117" refId="ref5322" refString="Holloway, J. D., Cock, M. J. W. &amp; Desmier De Chenon, R. (1987) Systematic account of South-east Asian pest Limacodidae. In: Cock, M. J. W., Godfray, H. C. J. &amp; Holloway, J. D. (Eds.), Slug and Nettle Caterpillars. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 15 - 117." type="book chapter" year="1987">
Holloway
<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFE4CB89AC6060242" box="[483,532,1009,1035]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">et al</emphasis>
. 1987
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). Considering the poor knowledge we have at present on the distribution of this species, and more generally of the moths in the family
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in the Great Nicobar Island, the discovery of this moth will play an important role in planning the pest control management of the island, where coconut is a major cash crop.
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