Brunia antica

Brunia antica
Brunia antica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Brunia
Species:	B. antica
Binomial name
Brunia antica (Walker 1854)
Synonyms
Lithosia antica Walker, 1854 Eilema antica Lithosia brevipennis Walker, 1854 Lithosia natara Moore, 1859 [1860] Lithosia intermixta Walker, 1864 Ilema atrifrons Hampson, 1907 Eilema kosemponensis Strand, 1917 Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927

Brunia antica is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from the Indian Subregion, Sri Lanka to China, the Ryukyu Islands, the Chagos Archipelago, the Nicobar Islands and Sundaland.^[1]

Description

This species has a wingspan of 26 mm.^[2] Forewings with vein 9 anastomosing with vein 8 to form an areole. There is strong sexual dimorphism in the imago, with the males having a more or less uniform straw colour, whereas females have the forewing darker, greyer, with a narrow straw-coloured costal strip. Cilia yellow and hindwings are uniformly yellow/ Differs from Brunia complana in wanting the broad yellow marginal band of forewing on underside.^[3]

Ecology

The biology is unknown, but the larvae probably feed on lichen and/or algae. Mostly found in lowland areas, most frequently found in coastal vegetation, including mangroves.^[4]

References

1. "Brunia antica". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
2. Hampson in Descirptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Artiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae.
3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
4. "Brunia antica Walker comb. rev.". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

External links

• The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography