Biology:Brana calopasa
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Short description: Species of moth
| Brana calopasa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Genus: | Brana Walker, [1858]
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| Species: | B. calopasa
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| Brana calopasa Walker, 1859
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Brana is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Brana calopasa, is found in Sri Lanka[1][2] and Australia .[3] Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1858 and the species in 1859.[4] It It is a serious pest on Berrya cordifolia (Trincomalee wood).[5]
Description
Palpi with second joint not reaching vertex of head and third joint naked and porrect. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless and moderately hairy. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Hindwings rather narrow. Veins 5 arise from above lower angle of cell.[6]
References
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Brana Walker, 1858". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=4265.0.
- ↑ "Brana calopasa". CSIRO Australia. https://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=22721.
- ↑ "Species Details: Brana calopasa Walker, 1859". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/7454f9836d6749fa1c6afa36a8438374.
- ↑ "Interesting early stages of some Sri Lankan Moths". Butterfly conservation in Sri Lanka - BCSSL. https://www.bcssl.lk/lectures/BCSSL-Lec20-Interesting-early-stages-of-some-Sri-Lankan-Moths-2016-Feb_Nuwan.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
- Savela, Markku. "Brana Walker, [1858"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/brana/.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS.
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