Biology:Avatha discolor
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Short description: Species of moth
| Avatha discolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Avatha |
| Species: | A. discolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794)[1]
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Avatha discolor [2] is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian and Pacific tropics to as far east as Henderson Island.[3]
Description
Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Males with minutely ciliated antennae and subcostal neuration of forewings not distorted and without sexual patches on forewings and hindwings. Forewings are greyish and fuscous suffused. No spots on costa. The lunule on the antemedial line sometimes obsolescent. A dark spot found in the cell. The postmedial line "S-shaped" beyond the cell with a blackish patch in its upper curve. Hindwings with whitish cilia at apex and near anal angle.[4]
Recorded food plants are Nephelium, Sapindus, and Callicarpa.[5]
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Avatha discolor (Fabricius 1794)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85995367. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. ISBN:0-916846-45-8, ISBN:978-0-916846-45-9
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (17 August 2013). "Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/discolor.html. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Avatha discolor Fabricius". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/serrodes/serrodes_2_1.php. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
External links
- Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (17 August 2013). "Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/discolor.html. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q4827822 entry
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