Amerila astreus
| Amerila astreus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. astreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773) | |
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Amerila astreus is a moth of Arctiidae family. It is found from the Oriental region (including India, Sri Lanka) to New Guinea.[1] The species is found in primary and secondary habitats ranging from the lowlands to montane regions.[2]
Description
Palpi crimson, with a black spot on each joint. Antennae red-brown, with the basal joint crimson. Head and thorax whitish fuscous, the head with two black spots. Collar with two pairs of spots. Three segments of thorax are each with a pair of spots. Fore wings with hyaline, with two black spots at the base. The margins, apical area, and a band on discocellulars pale fuscous. Hind wings hyaline, with a marginal fuscous band. Legs crimson, with the outer side of the femora and tibia whitish fuscous. Larva greenish with slightly hairy body. There are sub-dorsal and lateral rows of small black spots. Spiracles brownish. Head yellow colored.[3]
Subspecies
- Amerila astreus astreus
- Amerila astreus communis (Walker, 1864)
- Amerila astreus curtisi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Amerila astreus novaeguineae (Rothschild, 1914)
References
- ↑ Amerila at funet
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines
- ↑ 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.
- Cramer, P., 1780: De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotiques des trois parties du monde l’Asie, l’Afrique et l’Amerique] 3: 1-176, t. CXCII-CCLXXXVII, Amsterdam, Utrecht.
- Drury, D., 1773: Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and twenty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author’s own inspection, on fifty copper-plates. With a particular description of each insect; interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them 2: 1-92, 50 pl., London.
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1-106, Marktleuthen.
- Rothschild, W., 1910: Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 17 (1): 1-85, (2): 113-188, pl. XI-XIV, 18: pl. III-VI, London and Aylesbury.