Erygia apicalis

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Erebini
Genus: Erygia
Species: E. apicalis
Binomial name
Erygia apicalis
Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Calicula exempta Walker, 1858
  • Calicula squamiplena Walker, 1858
  • Erygia usta Walker, 1865
  • Dianthaecia geometroides Walker, 1865
  • Sypna watanabii Holland, 1889
  • Erygia tamsi Hulstaert, 1924

Erygia apicalis is a moth of the Erebidae family.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Japan, Australia (where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales) and the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of lowland areas, including dry heath forests and softwood plantations.

Description

The wingspan is about 40mm.[3] Head and thorax consist of dark reddish brown scales. Abdomen possess reddish brown dorsal tufts. Male has black anal tufts. Fore wings are dark and reddish brown with numerous indistinct waved lines. The sub-basal, irregular antemedial and postmedial lines are excurved beyond the cell being the most conspicuous character. A red-brown band found inside the antemedial line which runs from cell to inner margin. There are some red-brown marks found near apex and outer angle, and a crenulate marginal line as well. Hind wings are fuscous with a reddish patch near center of outer margin.[4]

Caterpillar dark brown in color with yellow speckles. Ventrally pale green with a red mark under each segment. Branched filaments project out of the sides. First two proleg pairs reduced, so it shows looping movements.[5]

The larvae feed on Acacia, Albizia, Desmodium, Flemingia, Pueraria and Wisteria species.[6] They are dark brown with yellow speckles.

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ Lepidopterorum Catalogus
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Erygia apicalis Guenée, 1852. Butterfly House.
  6. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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