Aegilia describens is a moth of the family Euteliidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] to New Guinea,[3] the Bismarck Islands and Queensland, also on Christmas Islands in the Indian Ocean.[4]
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The caterpillar has a medium grass-green body with a distinct, 'pulsating' dark greenish dorsal line. A brownish, faint, lateral line extending to the dorsolateral area. Spiracles are orange divided by black. Pupation occurs in soil within a silk cocoon. Host plant includes Mesua ferrea.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Stictoptera describens Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Aegilia describens Walker, [1858]". The Euteliinae (Lepidoptera: Stictopterinae) of Papua Indonesia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "ソリバネホソヤガ Aegilia describens (Walker, [1858])". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Aegilia describens Walker comb. rev". Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.