Hipoepa biasalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hipoepa
Species:
H. biasalis
Binomial name
Hipoepa biasalis
(Walker, [1859])
Synonyms
  • Bocana biasalis Walker, [1859] 1858
  • Hipoepa lapsalis Walker, [1859] 1858
  • Nagadeba obenbergeri Strand, 1920

Hipoepa biasalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India and Sri Lanka[2] to Taiwan, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.[3]

Adult greyish with more darkly marked in black. Forewing medial band diffuse. Straight, whitish submarginal band with black zone which runs from the forewing costa to dorsum. Hindwings slightly paler than forewings.[4] The caterpillar feeds on dead foliage.[5] It is also recorded as a defoliator of soybeans in Rajasthan, India.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Species Details: Hipoepa biasalis Walker, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hipoepa biasalis (Walker, [1859])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hipoepa biasalis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hipoepa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Report of fungus, Nomuraea rileyi (Farlow) Samson on defoliator caterpillars (Lepidoptera) in soybean crop". CAB International. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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