Pindara illibata

Pindara illibata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Pindara
Species:	P. illibata
Binomial name
Pindara illibata (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua illibataFabricius, 1775 Ohiusa illibataFabricius, 1775 Hemeroblemma peropacaHübner, 1825 Ophisma laetabilisGuenée, 1852 Pindara colorataWarren, 1913 Dysgonia peropaca(Hübner, 1825) Dysgonia laetabilis(Guenée, 1852) Dysgonia colorata(Warren, 1913) Dysgonia illibata(Fabricius, 1775) [1]

Pindara illibata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Oriental region, including Taiwan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Japan and Borneo. ^[2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 72 mm. A pale rufous moth. Forewings with short sub-basal and oblique antemedial medial dark lines on pale reddish bands. Renifrom large with a dark line in it. Three indistinct waved postmedial line found on pale reddish suffusion and one sub-marginal line present. A large semi-circular patch with white edges at apex. Abdomen and hindwings fuscous brown, where hindwings with indistinct pale medial line. The margin except at apex is greyish. ^[3]

The larvae feed on Bischofia and Elaeocarpus species. ^[4]

References

1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. ISBN   0-916846-45-8, ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9
2. "Pindara illibata (Fabricius) ツマムラサキクチバ,Cat.4218". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pindara illibata Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 August 2016.