Additional new records of host plant for Clethrogyna turbata (Erebidae)

Lee Gerald Zheng Yang and Maria Lourdes Lardizabal and Kee Yong Hao and Berhaman Ahmad (2025) Additional new records of host plant for Clethrogyna turbata (Erebidae). Sepilok Bulletin, 33. pp. 52-55. ISSN 1823-0067

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Abstract

Clethrogyna turbata is a tussock moth in the family of Erebidae. This species had been recorded as polyphagous, which Holloway (1999) summarized over 28 host plant species from various plant families, including Anacardiaceous, Brassicaceae, Cycadaceae, Dipterocarpus, Euphorbiaceous, Geraniaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Asparagaceae, Lythraceous, Morceau, Myrtaceous, Nelumbonaceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae. More new records of host plants for C. turbata were published including Ixora coccinea and Axon opus compress us (Chung, 2003), Terminalia Copeland (Chung et al. 2006), Bauhinia Blakean (Chung et al. 2009), four species of Shorea (Chung et al. 2013) and Neolamarckia macrophylla (Chung et al. 2016). Besides, over 37 species of host plants for C. turbata were listed in Robinson et al. (2023). Observation of Clethrogyna turbata defoliating activities In December 2022, an estimated 100 C. turbata caterpillars were spotted feeding on Terminalia catappa L. and Terminalia mantaly H. Perrier (both Combretaceae) at the nursery of Faculty Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Pant, herbivorous, Clethrogyna turbata
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany > QK1-989 Botany > QK640-(707) Plant anatomy Q Science > QL Zoology > QL1-991 Zoology > QL360-599.82 Invertebrates > QL461-599.82 Insects
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Tropical Forestry
Depositing User:	JUNAINE JASNI -
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2026 12:44
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2026 12:44
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/45798

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