Avitta quadrilinea

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Avitta quadrilinea from Coorg, Western ghats of India

Avitta quadrilinea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Genus: Avitta
Species:
A. quadrilinea
Binomial name
Avitta quadrilinea
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Asta quadrilineaWalker, 1864
  • Bocana quadrilinealisMoore, 1867
  • Imleonga[sic] completaRothschild, 1915

Avitta quadrilinea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. [1] It is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, the Indian subregion, the Philippines, [2] Sulawesi [3] and Sri Lanka. [4]

Forewings elongated and grey brown. There are four oblique, parallel darker brown fasciae. Reniform dark brown. Caterpillar has a dull yellow head which is surrounded by black. Body uniform dull watery green with yellow segmental margins. It prefer to rest stretched out beneath the tender leaves. Pupa lacks a powdery bloom. [5] Larval host plants include Alseodaphne semecarpifolia and Cinnamomum zeylanicum . [6]

One subspecies is recorded - Avitta quadrilinea completaRothschild, 1916. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Avitta quadrilinea Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Avitta group (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Erebinae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Avitta quadrilinea (Walker, [1863])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Asta quadrilinea Walker comb. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Infraspecific Taxon Details: Avitta quadrilinea completa Rothschild, 1916". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 June 2018.


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