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Altha adala

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Species of moth

Altha adala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Genus:
Altha
Species:
A. adala
Binomial name
Altha adala
(Moore, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Narosa adala Moore, in Horsfield & Moore, 1859

Altha adala is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India , Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Java, Bali, Borneo, and Sumatra.

Forewings with dull orange shade with a central dark brown dot. The caterpillar has a greenish-white body which is ovate and without tubercles.[3]

Larval food plants include Annona, Bauhinia, Coffea, Mangifera, Eugenia, Rosa, Psidium guajava and Mangifera indica.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Altha adala Moore, 1859". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/0c25ebbb96fb1daba8e36919956be78e. Retrieved 29 June 2018. 
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/. 
  3. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Altha adala Moore". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1/limacodidae/limacodidae-4-3.php. Retrieved 28 June 2018. 
  4. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchpageurl=browse%2Edsml&sort=family%2520copromorphidae%2520natural%2520history%2520museum%2520hosts%2520database&beginIndex=28980&family=copromorphidae&. Retrieved 28 June 2018. 
  5. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchpageurl=browse%2edsml&sort=family%2520copromorphidae%2520natural%2520history%2520museum%2520hosts%2520database&beginIndex=29010&family=copromorphidae&. Retrieved 28 June 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13308680 entry




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