Erebus hieroglyphica

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Erebus hieroglyphica
Moth sp. taken at night from Bakamuna area - 2.jpg
From Sri Lanka
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Erebus
Species:
E. hieroglyphica
Binomial name
Erebus hieroglyphica
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena hieroglyphicaDrury, 1773
  • Erebus hieroglyphicus
  • Argiva celebensisHopffer, 1874
  • Phalaena hermoniaCramer, 1777
  • Bocana lunarisWalker, 1865
  • Phalaena mygdoniaCramer, 1777
  • Nyctipao tenebratusProut, 1919
  • Noctua ululaFabricius, 1775

Erebus hieroglyphica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Oriental tropical countries such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Japan, China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Korea. The habitat consist of lowland forests. [1]

Description

In Thrippunithura, Kerala. White-barred Owl Moth @ Thrippunithura.jpg
In Thrippunithura, Kerala.

Its wingspan is about 88 mm. Adults exhibit strong sexual dimorphism. [2] They have been reported feeding on the juices of tropical fruit. [3]

Male with vein 3 running to the functional apex of hindwing. The costal fold obsolete, and the small patch with gland. Male with veins 4 to 8 of hindwings moderately developed in the aborted costal area. Body rich blackish brown. Forewings with a whorl-shaped black mark beyond end of cell, bilobed and expanding at head, where it is outlined with blue. An oblique yellow bar runs from costa near apex, and very few show reaching outer margin. [4]

Female has brown body with black stria. Forewings with white oblique bar. Both wings with traces of postmedial band of whitish marks and white spot on forewing above vein 3. [5]

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References

  1. Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773.{{cite encyclopedia}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. "Erebus hieroglyphica (Drury, 1773)" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . Naturkundliches Informationssystem. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. "Erebus hieroglyphica Drury". Digital Moths of Japan.