Biology:Dysphania percota

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Short description: Species of moth

Dysphania percota
Blue Tiger Moth (False Tiger Moth) Dysphania percota. (6334518966).jpg
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Caterpillar
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dysphania
Species:
D. percota
Binomial name
Dysphania percota
(C. Swinhoe, 1891)

Dysphania percota, the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India . It was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891.

Description

It is similar to Dysphania palmyra, but differs in the whole apical area of the forewings being deep purple from the discocellular spot and postmedial line to outer margin, with two small blue spots below the sub-costals and one on inner margin near outer angle. Hindwings never with any trace of yellow.[1]

The larvae feed on Carallia species.

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q3595404 entry