Stenopterygia subcurva

Stenopterygia subcurva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Stenopterygia
Species: S. subcurva
Binomial name
Stenopterygia subcurva
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Hadena subcurva Walker, 1857
  • Hadena postica Walker, 1857
  • Dipterygia sikkima Moore, 1882

Stenopterygia subcurva is a moth of the Noctuidae family.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Male has basal trifine hair pencils. Forewings with brown facies. Caterpillar blackish with orange-red colored head. Lateral orange patch found on T1. Setae based on a white dot. Caterpillar usually rests on underside of a leaf. Pupation occurs in a tough oval white silken cocoon covered with earth particles within the soil.[4]

Larval host plant is Ochna.

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Stenopterygia subcurva Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stenopterygia Hampson, 1908". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Stenopterygia Hampson". Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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