Autoba abrupta

Autoba abrupta
Autoba abrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Autoba
Species: A. abrupta
Binomial name
Autoba abrupta
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Eublemma lurida Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Mestleta abrupta Walker, 1865
  • Thalpochares wallengreni Snellen, 1880

Autoba abrupta is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea,[1] Thailand, and Australia.[2] The species is largely used by the name Eublemma abrupta in Indian and Sri Lankan texts.[3]

Description

Wingspan is about 20mm. Body pale red-brown. Head and collar dark chestnut in color. Fore wings with some dark specks found in the cell. A postmedial chestnut line can be seen, which is highly angled at vein 6 and double from there to inner margin. Two sub-marginal curved black and white specks series present. An apical pale patch, with some dark suffusion round it. Hind wings with double oblique medial line, and postmedial and submarginal series of black and white specks can be seen. Ventral side grey, suffused with reddish and irrorated with black. Fore wings basal area is orange in color.[4]

Larva reddish with black streaks, lateral dots and yellow transverse stripes. Paired oblique white stripes run across 9th and 10th somites. Somites 5,6,7 and 11 with dorsal prominences and somites 3,4 and 5 each with four spatulate dorsal filaments. Pupa in a small cocoon attached to a leaf.

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Pagenstecher, 1899. Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. Zoologica Hft. 27-29.1-267. 2 pl.
  2. ↑ butterflyhouse.com.au
  3. ↑ "Eublemma abrupta (Walker, 1865)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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