Biology:Hydrillodes gravatalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Hydrillodes gravatalis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hydrillodes
Species:
H. gravatalis
Binomial name
Hydrillodes gravatalis
(Walker, [1859])
Synonyms
  • Ragana gravatalis Walker, 1859
  • Bocana gravatalis Walker, [1859] 1858
  • Bocana erythusalis Walker, [1859] 1858

Hydrillodes gravatalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in the India n subregion, Sri Lanka[2] and Sundaland.[3][4]

Forewings blackish brown. Punctate submarginals are straw white.[5] Caterpillars feed on detritus and pericarp of Shorea and Dipterocarpus species.[6]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q55614118 entry