Sasunaga tenebrosa

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Sasunaga tenebrosa
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S. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Sasunaga tenebrosa
(Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Hadena tenebrosaMoore, 1867
  • Sasunaga albistrigaWarren, 1913
  • Sasunaga longistriataWarren, 1913
  • Magusa majaStrand, 1916
  • Magusa kalaStrand, 1916
  • Stictoptera albonotataWileman & West, 1928

Sasunaga tenebrosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1867. It is found from the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi. [1]

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Description

Its wingspan is about 36–42 mm. Body dark and reddish brown or black and grey. Forewings with slight streaks in the interspaces. The transverse lines are almost obsolete. Orbicular small, circular, and usually prominent, whereas reniform almost obsolete. There is a dark patch on costa before apex. Apical and basal inner area and angle often greyish or reddish brown. Hindwings fuscous brown. [2]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Ventilago species, and the caterpillar pupates in the soil in a silk cocoon. [3]

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References

  1. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Sasunaga tenebrosa Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (28 September 2018). "Sasunaga tenebrosa (Moore, 1867)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.