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Lacera uniformis

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Lacera uniformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lacera
Species:
L. uniformis
Binomial name
Lacera uniformis
Holloway, 1979[1]

Lacera uniformis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indian subcontinent and Sundaland, east to Queensland and Vanuatu.

The larvae feed on young leaves and leaflets of Moullava and Caesalpinia species. They have a green body, variably mottled with brownish green. The head is green to yellowish-green or yellow, with rufous brown or blackish marbling laterally. The larvae move in a looper fashion and have been recorded dropping to the ground when disturbed. Pupation takes place on the host plant within a cell of leaves, leaflets and/or detritus, lined with silk.[2]

References

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Lacera uniformis Holloway 1979". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. ^ The Moths of Borneo