Mathoris loceusalis

Species of moth

Mathoris loceusalis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Thyrididae
Genus:  | Mathoris
Species:  |

M. loceusalis

Binomial name
Mathoris loceusalis

Walker, 1859

Synonyms

* Pyralis thyralis Walker, 1866

Mathoris loceusalis is a moth of the family Thyrididae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka[2] and Australia.[3]

Its wings are brownish with a reddish outline. Two to three red-outlined white spots are found near the cell of the forewings. There is a black spot near the middle of the hindwings.[4]

Larval food plants are Dendrophthoe glabrescens and Loranthus species.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Species Details: Mathoris loceusalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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.1-57&rft.date=2012-02-20&rft.aulast=Koçak&rft.aufirst=Ahmet+Ömer&rft.au=Kemal,+Muhabbet&rft_id=https://www.academia.edu/1782757&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mathoris+loceusalis" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Genus Mathoris Guenee, 1877". Pyralids of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
4. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 November 2011). "Mathoris loceusalis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
5. ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

## External links

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* Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies
* Cool habitats support darker and bigger butterflies in Australian tropical forests

Taxon identifiers

Mathoris loceusalis|

* Wikidata: Q13819434
* AFD: Mathoris_loceusalis
* BioLib: 1112464
* BOLD: 76934
* CoL: 6R6QT
* EoL: 286322
* GBIF: 1992563
* IRMNG: 11156260
* LepIndex: 2256
* NCBI: 753197

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