Biology:Blenina chlorophila

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Short description: Species of moth

Blenina chlorophila
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Blenina
Species:
B. chlorophila
Binomial name
Blenina chlorophila
Hampson, 1905

Blenina chlorophila is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1905.[1] It is found in India , Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.[3]

Description

Its forewings have green and grayish variegations. The hindwings are dark blackish brown. There is a sinuous dark yellowish medial band in the hindwings. Its larval food plants are from the genus Shorea.[4]

Gallery

  • Blenina chlorophila (Nolidae- Chloephorinae) (5734409137).jpg
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References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Blenina chlorophila Hampson, 1905". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/c46dd48701fa618a536c320593b34b72. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  2. ↑ 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/. 
  3. ↑ "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/04_NOLIDAE/06_BLENINAE/Blenina%20chlorophila/Blenina_chlorophila.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 
  4. ↑ "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/bleninae/bleninae_1_3.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13440251 entry




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