Hydrillodes gravatalis

Hydrillodes gravatalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hydrillodes
Species: H. gravatalis
Binomial name
Hydrillodes gravatalis
(Walker, [1859])
Synonyms
  • Ragana gravatalis Walker, 1859
  • Bocana gravatalis Walker, [1859] 1858
  • Bocana erythusalis Walker, [1859] 1858

Hydrillodes gravatalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka[2] and Sundaland.[3][4]

Forewings blackish brown. Punctate submarginals are straw white.[5] Caterpillars feed on detritus and pericarp of Shorea and Dipterocarpus species.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Ragana gravatalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Distribution of Hydrillodes gravatalis Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hydrillodes gravatalis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hydrillodes gravatalis". Dipterocarp Seed Predators. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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