Biology:Paracrama dulcissima
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Paracrama |
| Species: | P. dulcissima
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| Paracrama dulcissima (Walker, 1864)
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Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India , Sri Lanka[2] and the Bismarck Islands.[3]
Description
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Forewings greenish bordered with red and gray. Hindwings of the male are deeper orange red while the female has much paler orange-red hindwings. Caterpillar claviform (club shaped). Body yellowish white with brown marbles. Only primary setae present. There are two small conical protuberances found on a transverse ridge. Ventrum is leaden white. Pupation occurs in a dark brown shiny cocoon. Pupa ovoid with cremaster hooks. Cocoon truncated and semi-ovoid.[4]
Larval host plant is Grewia species.[5]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Paracrama dulcissima Walker, 1864". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/80fab406a45408d209397241e96dc55f. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Eariadini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Ariolicini/Paracrama/Paracrama%20dulcissima.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/ariolicini/ariolicini_13_1.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/04_NOLIDAE/02_CHLOEPHORINAE/146_Paracrama/Paracrama%20dulcissima/Paracrama%20dulcissima.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q13491221 entry
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