Biology:Lophoptera squammigera
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | L. squammigera
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| Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852[1]
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Lophoptera squammigera is a member of the moth family Euteliidae. It occurs in the Oriental tropics from Sri Lanka to Sundaland, Sulawesi, Timor and the Bismarck Archipelago.
Description
Its wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings of the male are somewhat broader. Body greyish brown. Forewings with double sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial waved lines. The medial area suffused with fuscous, and with dark stria in and below cell. Two sub-marginal single waved lines, the inner dark at costa. Hindwings fuscous without hyaline.[2]
Host plants of the larvae are Euphorbiaceae (Mallotus sp. and Briedelia sp.), Dipterocarpaceae (Shorea sp.) and Tiliaceae (Grewia sp.).[3]
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lophoptera squammigera Guenee 1852". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86017609. Retrieved January 20, 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. "Lophoptera squammigera Guenée". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-14/stictopterinae/stictopterinae_6_31.php. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
External links
- de Vos, Rob "Lophoptera squammigera (Guenée, 1852)". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q6678520 entry
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