Psimada quadripennis

Psimada quadripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Psimada
Species: P. quadripennis
Binomial name
Psimada quadripennis
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Sanys javana Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

Psimada quadripennis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Indian Subregion, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Sundaland, Sulawesi and Seram.

Description

Its wingspan is about 42 mm. Head and collar reddish brown. Thorax paler. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings with pale red-brown basal half and outer dark with a purplish tinged. There are traces of antemedial, medial, and postmedial waved lines and submarginal series of white specks present. A large triangular dark red brown patch can be seen on costa at apex. Hindwings dark with a purplish tinge on basal half. The outer half redder with a large semi-circular pale patch on outer margin towards anal angle. Ventral side with apex of forewing whitish and with a submarginal oblique line.[1]

Larva darkish grass green with paler extremities. Head very pale, dull, and greenish white. Spiracles are orange with white rims. The larvae feed on Ficus species. They live beneath young leaves. Pupation is on the ground in a flimsy cell of silk and detritus. The pupa lacks a bloom.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ "Psimada quadripennis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.


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