Hellula undalis (Fabricius)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 163-185 : 183

36. Hellula undalis (Fabricius) .

Phalaena undalis Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 226, 1794.

Hellula undalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths 4: 373, fig. 200, 1896.

This cabbage pest is widely distributed in tropical regions, also the Mediterranean region and the United States. It occurs in Hawaii, and was recorded by Fullaway in Guam in 1911, as found on radish and horseradish . It attacks plants of the mustard family generally. I reared moths from cabbage at Piti , May 14 and June 9, and from Chinese cabbage June 6 . One specimep at U. S. National Museum and one at Bishop Museum , Fullaway , 1911 .