Aloa lactinea
Red costate tiger moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Aloa |
Species: | A. lactinea |
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Aloa lactinea | |
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Aloa lactinea, the red costate tiger moth, is a moth of family Erebidae. It is found in India, Japan, southern and western China,[2] Taiwan, Java, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Myanmar[1] and the Philippines.
Description
Its wingspan is about 40 mm long.[3] The abdomen is yellow. Antennae black with a scarlet basal joint. Palpi scarlet at sides, white below, the terminal joint black. Head white with a crimson line behind it. Thorax white. Wings primarily white. Forewings with a scarlet fascia along the costa. Red markings are with a deep crimson tone. The band on the head is broader. A black speck at each angle of cell present, but some absent. Hindwings with a black spot at end of cell and a sub-marginal series of four, the two towards anal angle sometimes absent. Larva black with lateral tufts of reddish-brown hair. A sub-dorsal series of scarlet spots present. Dorsal, sub-dorsal, and lateral series of black spots also present. Somites 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th with sub-lateral spots. 11th somite with two spots only.[4][5]
Ecology
The species is found in primary and secondary habitats ranging from the lowlands to montane regions.[6] It is a minor pest. The caterpillar feeds on castor, coffee, jute, groundnut, teak, ragi, sunflower, maize, sweetpotato and beans.[7]
References
- 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Aloa lactinea (Cramer, [1777])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Aloa lactinea (Gramer) マエアカヒトリ Cat. 3332". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ "Red Costate Tiger moth". Project Noah. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Aloa lactinea". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ Černý, Karel (January 3, 2011). "A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Entomofauna. 32 (3): 29–92.
- ↑ "Aloa lactinea (Cramer)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 23 July 2016.