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Pindara illibata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Oriental region, including Taiwan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Japan and Borneo.[2]
Description
Its wingspan is about 72 mm. A pale rufous moth. Forewings with short sub-basal and oblique antemedial medial dark lines on pale reddish bands. Renifrom large with a dark line in it. Three indistinct waved postmedial line found on pale reddish suffusion and one sub-marginal line present. A large semi-circular patch with white edges at apex. Abdomen and hindwings fuscous brown, where hindwings with indistinct pale medial line. The margin except at apex is greyish.[3]
The larvae feed on Bischofia and Elaeocarpus species.[4]
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
- ^ "Pindara illibata (Fabricius) ツマムラサキクチバ,Cat.4218". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pindara illibata Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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