| Anticarsia irrorata | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Anticarsia |
| Species: | A. irrorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Anticarsia irrorata, the owl moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. [1] It is native to the Old World tropics. [2]
Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Palpi with third joint rather shorter than in the typical section. Male lack tufts on tibia. Hindwings with normal neuration in male, with no fold in inner margin. Antennae of male with bristles and cilia. [3] It is light brownish with darker areas distally. The forewing is marked with a diagonal line and a row of black dots. The hindwing has similar markings. The underside has lighter, brownish dots and a white spot. [1] The larva is light green. It has a dorsal line which is dark green with a yellowish center, and wider, spotted lines on either side. The spiracles are white with black edges. It moves in a looping motion. [2]
Common food plants include species from many legume genera, including Cajanus , Cicer , Cyamopsis , Glycine , Lablab , Mucuna , Phaseolus , and Vigna . It has also been noted on the melon genus Cucumis , and grasses such as Andropogon , Oryza , Paspalum , and Saccharum . [2]
Daphnis nerii, the oleander hawk-moth or army green moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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Dysaethria quadricaudata is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1896. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Taiwan and the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of lowland forests and disturbed and cultivated areas.
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