Achaea serva

Achaea serva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Achaea
Species: A. serva
Binomial name
Achaea serva
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua serva Fabricius, 1775
  • Achaea fasciculipes Walker, 1858

Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, Philippines, New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.[1]

Description

This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females.[2] Pale medial band on hindwing is less prominent. The forewing underside is more diffusely marked and less strongly variegated, but has a discal lunule.[3] Caterpillars are brown in color. First pair of prolegs is atrophied, so they move in a looper fashion. Tail consists of a small pair of horns.[4]

Ecology

Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania, Ipomoea, Diospyros, Rosa, Sapindus, Madhuca, Manilkara, Mimusops, Palaquium, Sideroxylon, Excoecaria agallocha, Ricinus communis, and Acacia auriculiformis.[4]

Subspecies

  • Achaea serva serva
  • Achaea serva fuscosuffusa (New Guinea)

References

  1. ↑ "Achaea serva distribution". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Edwards, E. D. (1978). "A REVIEW OF THE GENUSACHAEAHÜBNER IN AUSTRALIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 17: 329–340. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x.
  3. ↑ "Achaea serva Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)". Butterfly House. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 9 August 2016.


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