Paracrama_dulcissima

<i>Paracrama dulcissima</i>

Paracrama dulcissima

Species of moth

Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka[2] and the Bismarck Islands.[3]

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Description

Forewings greenish bordered with red and gray. Hindwings of the male are deeper orange red while the female has much paler orange-red hindwings. Caterpillar claviform (club shaped). Body yellowish white with brown marbles. Only primary setae present. There are two small conical protuberances found on a transverse ridge. Ventrum is leaden white. Pupation occurs in a dark brown shiny cocoon. Pupa ovoid with cremaster hooks. Cocoon truncated and semi-ovoid.[4]

Larval host plant is Grewia species.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Species Details: Paracrama dulcissima Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. [2]
    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 – via Academia.
  3. [3]
    "The Chloephorinae, Eariadini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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