Achaea serva

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Achaea serva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species:
A. serva
Binomial name
Achaea serva
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua servaFabricius, 1775
  • Achaea fasciculipesWalker, 1858

Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, the Philippines, the New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia. [1]

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Description

This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females. [2] [3] [4]

Ecology

Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania , Ipomoea , Diospyros , Rosa , Sapindus , Madhuca , Manilkara , Mimusops , Palaquium , Sideroxylon , Excoecaria agallocha , Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis . [4]

Subspecies

References

  1. "Achaea serva Fabricius (1775)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. Edwards, E. D. (1978). "A Review of the Genus Achaea Hübner in Australia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 17: 329–340. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x .
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Achaea serva Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 September 2011). "Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 December 2019.