Dysphania sagana
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Yellow moth | |
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Species: | D. sagana
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Dysphania sagana (Druce, 1882)[1]
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Dysphania sagana, the yellow moth, is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in southern Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
The basal half of the forewings is chrome-yellow, while the outer half is bluish black, crossed by two bands of semitransparent white spots. The hindwings are chrome-yellow with a black spot at the end of the cell. The apex and a submarginal row of spots are black. The head, thorax and abdomen are yellow.[2]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Carallia species.[3]
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Illustration
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Seen at Angkor Butterfly Center
References
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