Ophisma gravata
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Ophisma gravata [1] is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, to Okinawa, Taiwan,[2] the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
Description
Wingspan is about 60mm. Males without large tufts on the legs. Hind wings are not crimson or orange as other species. Body pale reddish brown. Fore wings with an indistinct straight erect medial pale line with dark inner edge. A slightly curved dark postmedial line and very obscure sub-marginal line can be seen. Cilia white at tips. Hind wings brownish ochroeus with a submarginal fuscous black band which is very wide at apex.[3]
The larvae feed on Polygonum species.[4]
Subspecies
- Ophisma gravata gravata
- Ophisma gravata pallens (eastern Australia and New Caledonia)
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- ^ "Name code in TaiBNET: 346572 - Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Ophisma gravata Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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