Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Magas Fruit-borer
 (one synonym : Herminia cinerealis Walker, 1866)
HERMINIINAE
EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Nodaria cornicalis
female
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on dead leaves of:

  • Sugar Cane ( Saccharum cultivars, POACEAE ).

    Nodaria cornicalis
    female
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The adult moth has a wing span of about 2 cms. It is brown with broken dark scalloped lines across each forewing.

    Nodaria cornicalis
    male, underside, showing fans on the legs, and nodes on the antennae
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    The species was originally found in Asia and around the south Pacific, including

  • Vietnam,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria,

    and has recently invaded

  • U.S.A.

    Nodaria cornicalis
    female, underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    The species has been confused with Simplicia caeneusalis.

    Further reading :

    Johan Christian Fabricius,
    Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta,
    Volume 5 Supplementum (1798), p. 468, No. 24.

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    (updated 5 August 2012, 7 July 2017, 20 October 2020, 9 April 2021)