| Episparis liturata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Episparis |
| Species: | E. liturata |
| Binomial name | |
| Episparis liturata Hampson, 1893 | |
Episparis liturata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. [1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka, [2] Java, Borneo, Myanmar, China and Thailand.
The wingspan of the male is 41 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen and wings are pale dull reddish brown. Forewings with white line on subbasal and postmedial areas. A yellow patch is found at lower angle of cell. An irregular white spot found on the discocellulars. There is an indistinct medial dark line excurved around the cell. A pale sinuous postmedial line arising from a white spot on costa. Apical patch is yellow. Hindwing with dark mark on discocellulars. Underside of the wings is white. [3]
The caterpillars are pale green, with pink or purplish patches, white dots and a dorsolateral white line. Setae of caterpillars are short, and development of chalazae is weak. Caterpillars are known to feed on Adina , Mitragyna and Schleichera species. [4]
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Oraesia emarginata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Nepal as well as Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Oman and Yemen.
Gesonia obeditalis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from eastern Africa, the Seychelles, the Maldives and the Oriental tropics of India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka east to the Philippines, the Sula Islands and Australia. The adult moth has brown wings with a scalloped dark brown band near the margin. The hindwings are similar in pattern to the forewings but are a paler shade of brown.
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Westermannia superba is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found on New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and on Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan.
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