Mathoris loceusalis

Mathoris loceusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Mathoris
Species: M. loceusalis
Binomial name
Mathoris loceusalis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Pyralis thyralis Walker, 1866

Mathoris loceusalis is a moth of the family Thyrididae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka[2] and Australia.[3]

Its wings are brownish with a reddish outline. Two to three red-outlined white spots are found near the cell of the forewings. There is a black spot near the middle of the hindwings.[4]

Larval food plants are Dendrophthoe glabrescens and Loranthus species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Mathoris loceusalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 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. ↑ "Genus Mathoris Guenee, 1877". Pyralids of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 November 2011). "Mathoris loceusalis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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