Birthama obliquifascia is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] and India.
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| Birthama obliquifascia Hampson, 1893
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Adults are sexually dimorphic. Female much larger and heavier. Forewing fasciation is more distinct in female. Caterpillar with light leaf-green body. Surface of body smooth and perfect semiovoid. Small, thinly brown-ringed disc-like tubercles or dots present. When disturbed, the caterpillar produce a fluid from tubercles. A thin, indistinct white dorsal line is present. Pupation occurs in a smooth fat short chalky-white ovoid cocoon. The larval host plant is Carallia.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Birthama obliquifascia Hamspon [sic], 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 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 June 2018.
- ^ "Birthama Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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