Phyllodes consobrina
| Phyllodes consobrina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Tribe: | Phyllodini |
| Genus: | Phyllodes |
| Species: | P. consobrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodes consobrina Westwood, 1848 | |
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Phyllodes consobrina is a noctuoid moth in the Erebidae family, Calpinae subfamily. The species can be found in Asia, including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Andamans and India.[1][2]
Description
The wingspan is 124-142 mm. Palpi with second joint fringed with very long hair in front, producing a rounded form. Third joint long, oblique and knobbed at extremity. Fore wings with produced apex to an acute point. Head and thorax fuscous, with a purple bloom. Abdomen bluish black. Fore wings with fuscous brown with a purplish gloss and irrorated with ochreous scales. Orbicular is a brown speck. There is an "S-shaped" brown mark found on discocellulars, where its center outlined with reddish brown. Its edges are brown, and two white marks can be seen on it near its lower angle. An oblique ochreous fascia runs from apex to below angle of cell, where it is bent down to inner margin. A large greyish brown patch usually present between fascia and outer angle, with pale striae on it. Hind wings are bluish black. A large crimson colored patch found with white center at anal angle. Ventral side is with white striations and whitish between the veins of the fore wings.[3]
References
- ↑ "Phyllodes consobrina". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Insecta, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Catocalinae: New records from the state of Tamil Nadu and whole of India". Check List and Authors. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ 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.