Pangora erosa

Pangora erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pangora
Species:	P. erosa
Binomial name
	Pangora erosa; (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
	Aloa erosa Walker, 1855; Aethalida erosa; Pericallia erosa; Pericallia erosa ab. confluens Rothschild, 1914; Pericallia erosa ab. travancorica Strand, 1919;

Pangora erosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India (Travancore, Nilgiris) and Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Male Pangora erosa possess crimson palpi (segmented appendages near the mouth) with a black third joint. The head is typically whitish with a black spot on the vertex. Its collar and tegulae (small hardened components in the wings) are white, with pairs of black spots, while its thorax is typically brown with white stripes near the tegulae. The abdomen is crimson, with a series of brown spots, and its legs are similarly striped with crimson.

In females, small, sub-marginal spots are visible on the forewings, while the hindwings have medial brown spots.

Larvae are dark brown clothed, with a dense tuft of blackish hair.[2]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Gloriosa superba and Thunbergia species.

References

Savela, Markku. "Pangora erosa (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Pangora erosa (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.