Stenopterygia subcurva
| Stenopterygia subcurva | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Stenopterygia |
| Species: | S. subcurva |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenopterygia subcurva (Walker, 1857) | |
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Stenopterygia subcurva is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]
The male has basal trifine hair-pencils. Forewings with brown facies. Caterpillar blackish with orange-red head. Lateral orange patch found on T1. Setae based on a white dot. Caterpillar usually rests on underside of a leaf. Pupation occurs in a tough oval white silken cocoon covered with earth particles within the soil.[4]
Larval host plant is Ochna.
References
- ^ "Species Details: Stenopterygia subcurva Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Stenopterygia subcurva (Walker, 1857)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Stenopterygia Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.