Biology:Birthana cleis

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Short description: Species of moth

Birthana cleis
Birthana cleis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Birthana
Species:
B. cleis
Binomial name
Birthana cleis
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Bursada cleis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Imma cleis

Birthana cleis is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on Ambon and in Australia , where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is 30–34 mm. The forewings are blackish with an orange fascia from the mid-costa to the dorsum before the tornus, outwardly oblique and slightly curved. The hindwings are broader than the forewings. They are blackish with a broad orange median fascia.[2]

The larvae have been found feeding gregariously on the foliage of Decaisnina signata. Pupation takes place on a leaf in a circular communal cocoon.[3]

References

  1. Birthana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales". https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin38linn#page/207/mode/1up. Retrieved 27 June 2017.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Birthana cleis". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/immi/cleis.html. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13439498 entry