Biology:Avatha bubo

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Short description: Species of moth

Avatha bubo
Avatha bubo (Noctuidae Catocalinae) 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Avatha
Species:
A. bubo
Binomial name
Avatha bubo
(Geyer, 1832)[1][failed verification]
Synonyms
  • Athyrma bubo Athyrma bubo
  • Geyer, 1832 Walker, 1858
  • Hübner; Holloway, 1976 Pseudathyrma bubo
  • Hypaetra condita Hübner; Kobes, 1985
  • Hypaetra perficiens Walker, 1858

Avatha bubo is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sundaland, Sulawesi, Seram, throughout India, Sri Lanka and Andaman Islands.

Description

Its wingspan about 56 mm. Males with non-distorted sub-costal neuration of forewings and without sexual patches on forewing and hindwing. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Head, thorax and forewings purplish grey. Forewings with medial and outer area palest. The black lunules on the antemedial and postmedial lines extremely large and produced at their angles. The lines more distinct and dentate. Some pale specks on the costa. Hindwings with a diffused pale streak near with a medial maculate line.[2]

Larva speckled and mottled, with 'muddy', lichen-greenish grey all over. The larvae feed on the flowers and young leaves of Nephelium species.[3]

References

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