Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea

Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Sphrageidus
Species: S. xanthorrhoea
Binomial name
Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea
(Kollar, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Liparis xanthorrhoea Kollar, 1848
  • Euproctis flavonigra Moore, 1879
  • Euproctis subdita Moore, 1879
  • Euproctis subnigra Moore, 1879
  • Arctornis flavonigra Swinhoe, 1922
  • Arctornis xanthorrhoea Swinhoe, 1922

Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea is a moth of the Erebidae family.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka.[2] Java, Indonesia. It was once classified under Euproctis, where it is accepted nowadays in some countries.[3]

Caterpillar is known to feeds on agricultural crops like Gossypium, Helianthus annuus, Lagerstroemia indica, Oryza sativa, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum americanum, Phaseolus lunatus, Ricinus communis, Saccharum officinarum, Sorghum bicolor, Vigna unguiculata,[4] Andropogon sorghum, Tamarix dioica, Cajanus cajan, Eleusine coracana and Coffea.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea Kollar, 1848". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Euproctis Hübner, [1819]". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Food plants of Sphrageidus". Lepidoptera HOSTS. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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