Peridrome orbicularis

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Peridrome orbicularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Peridrome
Species:
P. orbicularis
Binomial name
Peridrome orbicularis
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa orbicularisWalker, 1854
  • Eriocrypta longipennisHerrich-Schaffer, 1856
  • Aganopis subquadrataHerrich-Schaffer, 1856

Peridrome orbicularis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in Bangladesh (Silhet), Cambodia, India (Andaman Islands, Assam and Meghalaya), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Sumbawa, Sulawesi, Borneo), Laos, Malaysia (Pinang), Myanmar, the Philippines (Luzon, Palawan, Mindanao and Mindoro), Thailand and Vietnam.

The wingspan is about 67 mm for males and 71 mm for females.

The larvae have been recorded on Apocynaceae species.


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