About Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)
Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862) is a stoutly built moth with an approximate wingspan of 25 mm. Males of the species have a cleft corneous ridge covered with scales on the vertex of the head. The abdomen is covered with woolly pile. In males, the collar and abdomen are black, and the second joint of the palpi is also black. The basal area of the male forewings is covered with ochreous hair, while the base of the hindwings is yellowish. Some male specimens have a black speck in the cell of the forewing, along with a series of specks on the postmedial line and the wing margin. Females are pale chestnut brownish. Their forewings show only very faint traces of the typical markings seen in males. Females have a prominent, non-waved ochreous postmedial line that is slightly curved from the costa to vein 2. The female hindwings are much paler than those of the male. In terms of ecology, the larvae of Athetis reclusa feed on the leaves of Brassica species, and also on the leaves of Arachis hypogaea.
