1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: serva (Fabricius) (: Noctuidae: Catocalinae)

Common Name fruit-piercing Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136322

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment https://www.awe.gov.au/ Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western https://dpird.wa.gov.au/ Plant Health Australia https://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/ Museums Victoria https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2007) fruit-piercing moth(Achaea serva)Updated on 12/28/2007 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136322

2.3. Facets Status: Native Australian Pest Species Group: Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Fresh Fruit, Leaves Distribution: South and South-East Asia, Australasian - Oceanian

2.4. Other Names Achaea fasciculipes Walker, 1858 Achaea fuscosuffusa Gaede, 1938 Noctua serva Fabricius, 1775

2.5. Diagnostic Notes Very similar to Achaea serva. Adults about 6cm in wingspan; male forewings are combinations of light and dark browns while the hind wings are mainly black and white; female forewings are mainly plain brown.

2.6. References Mckillup, S.C. & R.V. Mckillup (1997). An outbreak of the moth Achaea serva (Fabr) on the mangrove (L.) Pan-Pacific Entomologist 73(3): 184-185

2.7. Web Links Taxonomy: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia//noctuidae/catocalinae/achaea/index. html 3. Diagnostic Images

Australia: Queensland, Westwood, A.N. Australia: det. E. Edwards 1979 Burns det. E. Edwards 1979 Dorsal view - male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Dorsal view - female: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

Australia: Queensland, Westwood, A.N. Australia: det. E. Edwards 1979 Burns det. E. Edwards 1979 Ventral view - male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Ventral view - female: Lucinda Gibson & Walker Museums Victoria Ken Walker Museums Victoria

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