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Netria viridescens

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Netria viridescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Netria
Species:
N. viridescens
Binomial name
Netria viridescens
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Netria griseata Hampson, 1892

Netria viridescens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from the Oriental Tropics to New Guinea.

The wingspan is 66–87 mm.[1][2]

The larvae only feed on young leaves of Bassia, Mimusops, Sideroxylon and Achras sapota.

Subspecies

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  • Netria viridescens viridescens (Java, Bali, Sundaland to New Guinea)
  • Netria viridescens continentalis Schintlmeister, 2006 (north-western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand)
  • Netria viridescens pallidabasis Schintlmeister, 2006 (Palawan)
  • Netria viridescens suffusca Schintlmeister, 2006 (China: Yunnan)

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