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Blenina quinaria Moore
Blenina quinaria Moore, 1881, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln W.S. Atkinson: 158.
Blenina quinaria ab.
aperta
Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 3: 292-293.
Blenina quinaria ab.
irrorata
Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 3: 293.
Blenina quinaria ab.
nigrosignata
Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 3: 293.
Blenina quinaria ab.
rufitincta
Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 3: 293.
Blenina quinaria ab.
semipallens
Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 3: 293.
Blenina quinaria Moore; Holloway, 1976: 21.
Diagnosis. This is a generally grey insect, even the hindwings being pale
fawnish grey with a darker border. Many specimens have an oblique black streak
through the discal zone of the forewing, usually interrupted near the black
discal spot. The underside is paler fawn, all wings with dark grey medial
fasciae (narrow) and borders (broad).
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, W. China, Vietnam (Zilli, 1999),
Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines.
Habitat preference. The species ranges widely, but never in abundance, from
the lowlands to 2600m.
Biology. Gardner (1948a) gave details of the larva, particularly chaetotaxy.
The colour is apple green, the body with yellow stripes that are bordered by
fine red lines. T2 is slightly tumid dorsally, with a transverse row of six
thick black circles each centred by a seta on a white dot.
The host-plant was Pterocarya (Juglandaceae).
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