Pindara illibata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Pindara
Species:
P. illibata
Binomial name
Pindara illibata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua illibata Fabricius, 1775
  • Ohiusa illibata Fabricius, 1775
  • Hemeroblemma peropaca Hübner, 1825
  • Ophisma laetabilis Guenée, 1852
  • Pindara colorata Warren, 1913
  • Dysgonia peropaca (Hübner, 1825)
  • Dysgonia laetabilis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Dysgonia colorata (Warren, 1913)
  • Dysgonia illibata (Fabricius, 1775) [1]

Pindara illibata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Oriental region, including Taiwan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Japan and Borneo.[2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 72 mm. A pale rufous moth. Forewings with short sub-basal and oblique antemedial medial dark lines on pale reddish bands. Renifrom large with a dark line in it. Three indistinct waved postmedial line found on pale reddish suffusion and one sub-marginal line present. A large semi-circular patch with white edges at apex. Abdomen and hindwings fuscous brown, where hindwings with indistinct pale medial line. The margin except at apex is greyish.[3]

The larvae feed on Bischofia and Elaeocarpus species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
  2. ↑ "Pindara illibata (Fabricius) ツマムラサキクチバ,Cat.4218". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pindara illibata Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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