Spilosoma obliqua
Spilosoma obliqua | |
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Moth | |
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Caterpillar | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Spilosoma |
Species: | S. obliqua |
Binomial name | |
Spilosoma obliqua | |
Synonyms | |
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Spilosoma obliqua, the jute hairy caterpillar or Bihar hairy caterpillar, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma.
The wingspan is about 23 mm.
The larvae feed on Hibiscus, Liquidamber and Ilex asprella.[2]
Subspecies
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Spilosoma obliqua
- Spilarctia obliqua obliqua (Walker, 1855) (south-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma)
- Spilarctia obliqua montana (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) (southern India)
References
- ↑ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ http://ccs-hk.org
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