Risoba obstructa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Risoba
Species:
R. obstructa
Binomial name
Risoba obstructa
Moore, 1881
Synonyms
  • Risoba grisea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Crioa albifusa Turner, 1942

Risoba obstructa is a species of moth of the family Nolidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1881.

Distribution

Its distribution ranges from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Australia.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is about 28–36 mm. Head and thorax brown. The tegulae are whitish. Forewings whitish sprinkled with brown. There is an oblique white basal band, and red-brown costal area just beyond it. Reniform round with a dark speck at center. A postmedial oblique double line slightly incurved below vein 4 and the area beyond it red brown with traces of a sub-marginal waved line. Some apical dark specks and a series of marginal brown and white specks can be seen. Hindwings are semihyaline white with broad brown marginal band.[2]

Larva purplish brown with pale sides. Dorsal and lateral white speckled line and a sub-basal whitish streak series can be seen. A series of black dots found between lateral and sub-lateral lines. There is a conical prominence on anal somite.[3]

Ecology

The larva has been recorded on Quisqualis sp., Terminalia sp., Xylia sp., Lagerstroemia sp. and Sterculia sp.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 May 2016). "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Risoba obstructa Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.


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