Darna diducta (nettle caterpillar)

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Title Early instar larvae Caption Early instar larvae: newly hatched larvae (2-3 mm long) are straw-yellow and later turn reddish-brown to orange. Copyright Khoo Khay Chong	Early instar larvae	Early instar larvae: newly hatched larvae (2-3 mm long) are straw-yellow and later turn reddish-brown to orange.	Khoo Khay Chong
Title Mature larva Caption Mature larvae (15 x 7 mm) dark-grey mixed with black, brown or reddish-brown. Grey, yellow and black lines run across the dorsum, broken by a pale dorsal line. Three pairs of subdorsal yellow patches are distinctive, the central pair tinged with orange and much larger than the other two. Scoli (protuberances bearing spines) dark to pale brown. Copyright Khoo Khay Chong	Mature larva	Mature larvae (15 x 7 mm) dark-grey mixed with black, brown or reddish-brown. Grey, yellow and black lines run across the dorsum, broken by a pale dorsal line. Three pairs of subdorsal yellow patches are distinctive, the central pair tinged with orange and much larger than the other two. Scoli (protuberances bearing spines) dark to pale brown.	Khoo Khay Chong
Title Adult female Caption Adult female of D. diducta on oil palm: oval wings larger than those of the male, coloured a paler speckled-brown. Copyright Khoo Khay Chong	Adult female	Adult female of D. diducta on oil palm: oval wings larger than those of the male, coloured a paler speckled-brown.	Khoo Khay Chong

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Darna diducta Snellen

Preferred Common Name

• nettle caterpillar

Other Scientific Names

• Darna diducta esterae Holloway
• Ploneta diducta Snellen

Local Common Names

• Indonesia: ulat api; ulat gatal
• Malaysia: ulat beluncas

EPPO code

• PLONDI (Ploneta diducta)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Lepidoptera
•                         Family: Limacodidae
•                             Genus: Darna
•                                 Species: Darna diducta

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

Ariffin D, Basri MW, 2000. Intensive IPM for management of oil palm pests. Oil Palm Bulletin, No.41:1-14.

Arulandi K, 1971. Observations on and control of leaf-eating caterpillars in oil palm. In: Wastie RL, Wood BJ, eds. Crop Protection in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Incorporated Society of Planters, 116-122.

Holloway JD, 1986. The moths of Borneo. Part I. Key to families; Families Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Ratardidae, Dudgeoneidae, Epipyropidae and Limacodidae. Malayan Nature Journal, 40(1/2):165pp.

Kalshoven LGE, Laan PA van der (Reviser and translator), 1981. Pests of crops in Indonesia (revised). Jakarta, Indonesia: Ichtiar Baru, 701 pp.

Kamarudin NH, Wahid MB, Masijan Z, 1998. Handbook of common parasitoids and predators associated with bagworms and nettle caterpillars in oil palm plantations. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: PORIM, 32 pp.

Piepers MC, Snellen PCT, 1900. Enumération des LepidoptFres HeterocFres receuillis à Java. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 43:12-106.

Syed RA, Shah S, 1977. Some important aspects of insect pest management in oil palm estates in Sabah, Malaysia. In: Earp DA, Newall W, eds. International Developments in Oil Palm. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Incorporated Society of Planters, 577-590.

Waterhouse DF, 1993. The Major Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture in Southeast Asia. ACIAR Monograph No. 21. Canberra, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 141 pp.

Wood BJ, 1968. Pests of Oil Palms in Malaysia and Their Control. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Incorporated Society of Planters.

Wood BJ, 1982. The present status of pests on oil palm estates in South-east Asia. In: Pushparajah E, Chew Poh Soon, ed. The oil palm in the eighties. A report of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Oil Palm in Agriculture in the Eighties held in Kuala Lumpur from 17-20 June 1981. Volume II. Incorporated Society of Planters Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia, 499-518

Yap Tect Hean, 2000. The intelligent management of Lepidoptera leaf eaters in mature oil palm by trunk injection (a review of principles. Planter, Kuala Lumpur, 76(887):99-107.

Yunus A, 1966. Pests of oil palm. In: The Oil Palm in Malaya. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, 87-95.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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