Biology:Sympis rufibasis
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| Species: | S. rufibasis
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| Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
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Sympis rufibasis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India , Sri Lanka, Borneo east to New Guinea, the Solomons and Queensland.[1]
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Description
Its wingspan is 48 to 50 mm. The male has an orange-red head and thorax. Abdomen reddish brown. Forewings with orange-red basal area, bounded by an oblique blue line. The outer area reddish brown with a large scarlet lunule beyond the cell and a white speck on the costa above it. An indistinct, irregularly dentate, sub-marginal line and a marginal specks series present. Hindwings fuscous with incomplete medial white band and waved marginal line. Ventral side almost entirely grey suffused. A crenulate postmedial line present. Female lack scarlet lunule on forewings.[2]
Larva darkish, olive green brown with a distinct pale yellow stripe which runs along each side and extends from the head to the anal prolegs. The larvae feed on Dimocarpus, Litchi and Nephelium species.[3]
References
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (19 August 2018). "Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/rufibasis.html. Retrieved 22 January 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. "Sympis rufibasis Guenée". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_i/miscellaneousi_5_1.php. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q7661751 entry
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