Lasiolopha saturata

Lasiolopha saturata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Thailand, New Guinea[3] and Australia.[4]

Lasiolopha saturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Lasiolopha
Species:
L. saturata
Binomial name
Lasiolopha saturata
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Areola saturata Walker, 1865
  • Paracrama olivacea Hampson, 1893
  • Lasiolopha saturata Walker; Kobes, 1997

Description

Forewings dark grayish green with two irregular green bands. Hindwings gray brownish with orange shades at the margin. The caterpillar has a greenish body with a lateral white line. Head orange with black markings. Thorax bulbous.[5]

Larval food plant is Memecylon. Pupation occurs in a cocoon at the base of mid-rib. The cocoon is semi-ovoid and the pupa is ovoid.[6]

References
  1. "Species Details: Lasiolopha saturata Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. "Lasiolopha saturata Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2015). "Lasiolopha saturata (Walker, 1865)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. "Lasiolopha saturata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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