Chasmina candida

Chasmina candida is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji, including many islands of the Indian Ocean and Pacific.

Chasmina candida
chasmina candida Noctuidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Chasmina
Species:
C. candida
Binomial name
Chasmina candida
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Arbasera candida Walker, 1865
  • Chinophlebia sericea Hampson, 1893

Description

Its wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings of the male are quadrate, where the costa somewhat excised. Costal neuration slightly distorted. Male pure white. Palpi and antennae ochreous. Fore tibia and tarsi orange spotted with black. Mid tibia orange above.[1]

The caterpillar is pale brown or greenish with short sparse hairs. It has a brown or yellow stripe along each side of the back, with four small thoracic black dots. Pupa is brownish.[2]

Ecology

The larvae have been recorded on Hibiscus tiliaceus and Thespecia populnea.[3]

References
  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. "Chasmina candida Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 August 2016.


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