Sympis rufibasis
| Sympis rufibasis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Sympis |
| Species: | S. rufibasis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852 | |
Sympis rufibasis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Borneo east to New Guinea, the Solomons and Queensland.[1]
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Description
Wingspan is about 48m. The wingspan is about 50 mm. Male has orange-red head and thorax. Abdomen reddish brown. Fore wings with orange-red basal area, bounded by an oblique blue line. The outer area reddish brown with a large scarlet lunule beyond the cell and a white speck on the costa above it. An indistinct, irregularly dentate, sub-marginal line and a marginal specks series present. Hind wings fuscous with incomplete medial white band and waved marginal line. Ventral side almost entirely grey suffused. A crenulate postmedial line present. Female lack scarlet lunule on fore wings.[2]
Larva darkish, olive green-brown colored with a distinct pale yellow stripe runs along each side that extends from the head to the anal prolegs. The larvae feed on Dimocarpus, Litchi and Nephelium species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Distribution of Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852". Butterfly House. Retrieved 15 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.
- ↑ "Sympis rufibasis Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 August 2016.