Hydrillodes lentalis

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Hydrillodes lentalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hydrillodes
Species:
H. lentalis
Binomial name
Hydrillodes lentalis
Guenee, 1854
Synonyms
  • Bocana hemusalisWalker, 1859
  • Bleptina latifascialisWalker, 1866
  • Bocana moloalisWalker, 1859
  • Bocana momusalisWalker, 1859

Hydrillodes lentalis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in south-east Asia (including India, Sri Lanka, Japan and Taiwan) and Australia (Queensland). [1]

Description

The length of the forewings is 24–30 mm. [2] Palpi with second joint smoothly scaled in front. Palpi of male with long curved third joint and with slight tuft of hair. Fore tibia fringed with hair. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Forewings with round apex. There is no costal fold and tuft nor distortion of nervules. Body fuscous brown. Forewings with dark base. Antemedial area pale or reddish brown, crossed by a more or less developed, ill-defined, dark medial band. There is a black speck found or spot sometimes present at end of cell. The outer half of wing dark with an indistinct pale waved submarginal line. Hindwings pale with indistinct cell-spot and postmedial line, which are prominent on ventral surface. [3]

The larvae feed on dead leaves and many grasses. [4]

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References

  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (29 December 2015). "Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. "Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854". African Moths. Retrieved 31 July 2018.