Fodina pallula
Fodina pallula is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in India[2] and Sri Lanka.[3]
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Adults are robust and the wings strikingly marked. Forewings are dark brownish with an oblique white bar dividing them from the center of the costa to the tornus. A finely banded pale brown to whitish marginal zone can be seen. Hindwings are usually yellow with a dark brown border that is broadest around the apex. Antennae filiform (thread like) in males. The caterpillar is pale greenish with paradorsal white lines and some dorsal white spots. Pupation is in the soil made in a thin cocoon. Pupa lacks a bloom. Caterpillars are known to feed on Holarrhena, Tabernaemontana and Vallaris solanacea.[4][5]
References
- "Species Details: Fodina pallula Guenée, 1852". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- "An Inventory of Family Noctuidae (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) from Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
- "Fodina Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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