Chrysodeixis eriosoma
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| Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) |
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Plusia eriosoma Doubleday, 1843 |
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[edit] Description
Wingspan 42 mm [1]
Differs from Chrysodeixis signata in the head, thorax, and fore wing having a reddish tinge ; abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts often black in the male. Fore wing with much more gilding on the basal, medial, and outer areas ; the antemedial line more oblique, the postmedial more oblique and sinuous ; the Y mark large, prominent, and golden, the arms often filled in with golden and occasionally joined to the tail. [1]
Some specimens are much darker than others. [1]
[edit] Lifr Cycle
Larva green, the back palest, with indistinct dorsal and lateral pale lines. Food-plant, Ficus. [1]
[edit] Distribution
North and South America; Wadelai; Aden;Japan; China; throughout the Indian, Malayan, and Australasian regions. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e G. F. Hampson (1895) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths Vol. II
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