Hypospila bolinoides
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Hypospila |
| Species: | H. bolinoides |
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Hypospila bolinoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, China north to Japan and east to New Guinea, Queensland and the Carolines.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 36–44 mm.[2] Male with ciliated antennae. Cell of hindwings short. Veins 7 and 8 distorted and vein 6 given off below angle of cell. Body much darker red-brown. Palpi black with white tips. Forewings with reniform reduced to a pale speck. The postmedial line less oblique, arising from the costa before apex, and not angled. Hindwings with straight postmedial line.[3]
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Derris species. When disturbed they drop to the ground or jump off their leaf.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
- ^ "裳夜蛾 Hypospila bolinoides Guenee, 1852". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line]. May 21, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Hypospila bolinoides Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 16 August 2016.