Biology:Urapteroides astheniata

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Short description: Species of moth

Urapteroides astheniata
Uraniid Moth (Urapteroides astheniata) (8680939020).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Urapteroides
Species:
U. astheniata
Binomial name
Urapteroides astheniata
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Micronia astheniata Guenée, 1857

Urapteroides astheniata is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in south-east Asia, from India , Sri Lanka to Fiji, including New Guinea and the tropical north of Australia .[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 60–76 mm. Body white. Palpi with a black line on the upperside. A black frontal line and spot found on vertex of head. Forewings with some black strigae from the costa. Six oblique fuscous bands, one sub-basal, another on discocellulars, the others medial, postmedial, sub-marginal and marginal. Some fuscous striae found on each side of the sub-marginal band. Hindwings with a fuscous band on inner margin joined at anal angle by a band from the upper angle of cell and almost met by one from the costa beyond the middle. Some submarginal striae can be seen. A black marginal line runs from the apex to the tail, and a very narrow line with three spots inside it from the tail to anal angle. Cilia black tipped.[2]

Urapteroides astheniata (Uraniidae).jpg

Larva pale reddish yellow, tinged green, with reddish transverse stripes dorsally. Three comma-like greenish markings found centrally on each segment. Last instars are more greenish with variable markings. Head and prothorax glossy greenish. Spiracles dark. The larvae feed on Endospermum species.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7899776 entry