Lophoptera squammigera
| Lophoptera squammigera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Lophoptera |
| Species: | L. squammigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852[1] | |
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Lophoptera squammigera is a member of the moth family Noctuidae. It occurs in the oriental tropics from Sri Lanka to Sundaland, Sulawesi, Timor and the Bismarck Archipelago.
Description
Wingspan is about 34mm. Fore wings of male somewhat broader. Bod greyish brown. Fore wings with double sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial waved lines. The medial area suffused with fuscous, and with dark stria in and below cell. Two sub-marginal single waved lines, the inner dark at costa. Hind wings fuscous without hyaline.[2]
Host-plants of the larvae are Euphorbiaceae (Mallotus sp. and Briedelia sp.), Dipterocarpaceae (Shorea sp.) and Tiliaceae (Grewia sp).[3]
References
- ↑ taxapad
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Moths of Borneo
External links
- Guenée, 1852, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lepid. 7: 55.
- Lophoptera squammigera (Guenée, 1852)
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