Plusiodonta coelonota
| Snake Vine Moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Plusiodonta |
| Species: | P. coelonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Plusiodonta coelonota (Kollar, 1844) | |
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The Snake Vine Moth,[1] (Plusiodonta coelonota), is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, to South and South-East Asia.
Description
The wingspan is about 25–36 mm. Male with minutely ciliated antennae. Head and collar rufous. Thorax and abdomen greyish brown. Fore wings reddish brown suffused with golden bronze and more or less irrorated with bluish grey scales. Indistinct antemedial and medial waved line can be seen. An oblique double sinuous postmedial line angled below the costa. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. There is a very irregulary sinuous sub-marginal golden band with dark edges, which interrupted at vein 3. Hind wings dark fuscous. Cilia pale. Larva purplish black with grey specks and streaks. Somites 7 and 11 with pinkish patches. Head reddish.[2]
The larvae feed on Stephania japonica and Smilax australis plants.[3]
References
- ↑ "Snake Vine Moth (Plusiodonta coelonota)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 19 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.
- ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au
External links
- Pictures on Boldsystems.org
- Picture on Flickr
- Genitalic Attributes of two Fruit Piercing Moths of Genus Plusiodonta Guenee