Lacera procellosa

Lacera procellosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Japan and the Oriental tropics (China (Tibet, Qinghai), Korea, India (Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan)[2] to the Philippines (Luzon), Sumatra, Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Java, Lombok and New Guinea.

Lacera procellosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lacera
Species:
L. procellosa
Binomial name
Lacera procellosa
Butler, 1879[1]

The wingspan is 26–28 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Gleditsia and possibly Caesalpinia species. They are leaf-green, with a pair of dull yellow tubercles and numerous scattered white dots.[4]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lacera procellosa Butler 1879". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. nkis.info
  3. Moths of Japan
  4. The Moths of Borneo


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