Serrodes campana is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to eastern Australia, Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia. It is also present in Japan, Korea and Sri Lanka. The adult is a fruit piercer, but also feeds on flower nectar.[2]
Description
The wingspan is about 80 mm. Head, thorax and basal and outer area of forewings brown and markings larger than other species. Forewings with a sub-basal dark red-brown spot on the costa, with a line from its lower edge. A similar antemedial spot and large lunule found below the cell with a highly excurved line from its lower edge. Reniform broken up into a number of tessellated spots with pale edges, and with rufous marks on the costa above it. A double straight postmedial line angled below the costa. Abdomen and hindwings are fuscous. Hindwings have traces of a medial pale line. Cilia paler at apex and anal angle.[3]
Larva ochreous blue grey with bluish-black speckles. The first abdominal segment black and swollen.[2] All the legs are ochreous. The larvae feed on Lepisanthes, Nephelium, Sapindus, Schleichera and Acer species.[4]
Subspecies
- Serrodes campana campana
- Serrodes campana callipepla Prout, 1929
Gallery
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References
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ a b Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (29 January 2015). "Serrodes campana Guenée, 1852". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ 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. "Serrodes campana Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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