Eterusia aedea

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Red slug caterpillar
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Adult
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Larva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Eterusia
Species:
E. aedea
Binomial name
Eterusia aedea
Synonyms
  • Papilio (Heliconius) aedeaLinnaeus, 1763
  • Heterusia edoclaDoubleday, 1844
  • Heterusia dulcisButler, 1881
  • Heterusia signataMöschler, 1872
  • Eterusia magnificaButler, 1879
  • Eterusia adocla form lepchaJordan, 1907
  • Heterusia aedea var. septentrionicolaC. Felder & R. Felder, 1862
  • Eterusia aedea ab. postluteaStrand, 1916
  • Eterusia aedea okinoshimensisEsaki & Inoue, 1956
  • Eterusia aedea ab. okinawanaMatsumura, 1927
  • Eterusia aedea ishigakianaInoue, 1982

Eterusia aedea, the red slug caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum . It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan and China.

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Description

The wingspan is about 50 mm for males and 56 mm for females. They have a semi-diurnal habit and rather elongated narrow body. The first two segments of the abdomen are black, and there are no dorsal bands in the male. The forewings are dark green. The basal black area of the hindwings is larger, reducing the width of the yellow band, which is very pale. The end of the abdomen is black in the male. [1]

Ecology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on a wide range of plants, including Bischofia javanica , Aporosa lindleyana , Aporosa villosa , Cornus florida , Lagerstroemia , Melastoma candidum , Myrica rubra , Sloanea formosana , Rhododendron , Symplocos glauca , Camellia (including C. japonica , C. sasanqua , C. sinensis , C. oleifera ), Eurya japonica , Eurya septata , Cleyera japonica and Buddleja . The larvae of subspecies aedea, sinica, formosana, cingala and virescens have been reported as pests on tea. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. Nomenclatural and Systematic Problems Surrounding Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae)