Hydrillodes lentalis

Hydrillodes lentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Hydrillodes
Species: H. lentalis
Binomial name
Hydrillodes lentalis
Guenee, 1854
Synonyms
  • Bocana hemusalis Walker, 1859
  • Bleptina latifascialis Walker, 1866
  • Bocana moloalis Walker, 1859
  • Bocana momusalis Walker, 1859

Hydrillodes lentalis, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-east Asia (including India, Sri Lanka, Japan and Taiwan) and Australia (Queensland).[1]

Description

The length of the forewings is 24–30 mm.[2] Palpi with second joint smoothly scaled in front. Palpi of male with long curved third joint and with slight tuft of hair. Fore tibia fringed with hair. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Fore wings with round apex. There is no costal fold and tuft nor distortion of nervules. Body fuscous brown. Fore wings with dark base. Antemedial area pale or reddish brown, crossed by a more or less developed, ill-defined, dark medial band. There is a black speck found or spot sometimes present at end of cell. The outer half of wing dark with an indistinct pale waved submarginal line. Hind wings pale with indistinct cell-spot and postmedial line, which are prominent on ventral surface.[3]

The larvae feed on dead leaves and many grasses.[4]

References

  1. "Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854". Butterfly House. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. "Hydrillodes lentalis". African moths. Retrieved 26 August 2016.


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