Hypocala violacea

Hypocala violacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Hypocala
Species: H. violacea
Binomial name
Hypocala violacea
Butler, 1879
Synonyms
  • Hypocala clarissima Butler, 1892
  • Hypocala kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906

Hypocala violacea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

Description

The adult forewings are a uniform rufous and violet brown, marks on the distal margin being reduced to a pair of dots at the tornus, the inner one white, the outer one black, ringed white, an enlarged member of the marginal row of white dots. The hindwing underside is broadly fawn over the anterior half, with darker striae. Sri Lankan specimens have black markings on dorsal side of hind wings and ventral side of fore wings are rather narrow.[1]

Caterpillar has variably orange to black head, and black body. Around each spiracle, there is an orange patch. Ventral surface is fuscous green.[2] The larvae feed on Diospyros species.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Hypocala violacea Butler. The Moths of Borneo.


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