Perina nuda

Perina nuda, the clearwing tussock moth or banyan tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, to southern China Hong Kong, Thailand and Sundaland.

Description
Adults show striking sexual dimorphism. The caterpillar has a greyish head and flanks, with the broad black dorsum. Setae are white. Pupa is bristly, piebald in dark grey and cream. Setae in pupa orange. The caterpillar is a minor pest on several banyan species such as Ficus benjamina, Ficus benghalensis, Ficus racemosa, Ficus pumila and Ficus religiosa. and also many crop plants like Artocarpus and Mangifera.

The species is associated with an RNA virus called Perina nuda virus.

Research articles

 * The complete genome sequence of Perina nuda picorna-like virus, an insect-infecting RNA virus with a genome organization similar to that of the mammalian picornaviruses.
 * Perina nuda virus
 * Life history of the Perina nuda (Fabricius) and virus production of the infected pupae
 * Continuous Cell line from Pupal Ovary of Perina nuda (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) That Is Permissive to Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus from P. nuda
 * A Perina nuda cell line (NTU-Pn-HF) from pupal ovary that is persistently infected with a picorna-like virus (PnPV)
 * Characterization of a multiple-nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from Perina nuda (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) larvae
 * The 5′ untranslated region of Perina nuda virus (PnV) possesses a strong internal translation activity in baculovirus-infected insect cells