Brunia sarawaca

Brunia sarawaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Brunia
Species: B. sarawaca
Binomial name
Brunia sarawaca
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia sarawaca Butler, 1877
  • Brunia sarawaka
  • Eilema griseadisca Holloway, 1982

Brunia sarawaca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found on Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Java and the north-eastern Himalayas.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The larvae feed on mosses or lichen growing on trees, but they have also been found on the leaves of Tamarindus and Eugenia species. They are densely covered with dark grey hairs. The head is yellow with two black spots. Pupation takes place in a dense cocoon.

References

  1. ↑ Brunia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo


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