Biology:Polydesma boarmoides
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Polydesma |
| Species: | P. boarmoides
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| Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852
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Polydesma boarmoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east from Sri Lanka, to Australia , Myanmar, Fiji and New Caledonia. It has also been recorded from the Marianas, Carolines, Society Islands and Hawaii.
The larvae, characterized by D. G. Sevastopulo for the "dark brown head with a pale, inverted V-mark", feed on the bark and foliage of Acacia, Albizia and Pithecellobium species.[1] The body of the moth has a creamy ground liberally mottled with streaks and dots of both dark and pale brown.
Pupation takes place in a cocoon made of white silk resembling paper.
References
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Wikidata ☰ Q7226272 entry
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