Achaea serva | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Achaea |
Species: | A. serva |
Binomial name | |
Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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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]
This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females. [2] [3] [4]
Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania , Ipomoea , Diospyros , Rosa , Sapindus , Madhuca , Manilkara , Mimusops , Palaquium , Sideroxylon , Excoecaria agallocha , Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis . [4]