Macrobrochis gigas is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in China (Yunnan),[1] India (Sikkim), Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The habitat consists of woodlands.
Macrobrochis gigas | |
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From Peravoor, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Macrobrochis |
Species: | M. gigas
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Binomial name | |
Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854)
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Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May. There is one generation per year. The species is possibly involved in a mimicry relationship with Eterusia aedea.[2]
Macrobrochis gigas differs from congeners in the following morphological characters: orange head and collar; thorax black above with green metallic tinge and orange below; tegulae striped with orange; abdomen greenish black, the extremity and ventral surface orange; abdomen with white bands or lateral spots on the hind borders of each segment; forewing black with a green tinge, with a small white spot at the base, with a larger one beyond it, and a spot at the end of the cell and another below it; hindwing with the basal half white, the outer half black.[3][4] Mass aggregation and feeding behavior of this species adult and larvae observed in several sites in South India[5]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ Hong Kong Moths
- ^ Walker, F (1854). List of the specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London: Trustees of British Museum (Natural History). p. 976.
- ^ Arjun, Charambilly Purushothaman; Deepak, Chatoth Kooteri; Rajesh, Thazhathe Purakkal (2020-12-21). "Scientific Note: Unusual aggregation of Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) in southern India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 30 (2): 78–80. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4317533.
- ^ Arjun, Charambilly Purushothaman; Deepak, Chatoth Kooteri; Rajesh, Thazhathe Purakkal (2020-12-21). "Scientific Note: Unusual aggregation of Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) in southern India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 30 (2): 78–80. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4317533.
- ^ Arjun, Charambilly Purushothaman; Deepak, Chatoth Kooteri; Rajesh, Thazhathe Purakkal (2020-12-21). "Scientific Note: Unusual aggregation of Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) in southern India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 30 (2): 78–80. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4317533.