Netria viridescens

Netria viridescens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from the Oriental Tropics to New Guinea.

Netria viridescens
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N. viridescens
Binomial name
Netria viridescens
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Netria griseata Hampson, 1892

The wingspan is 66–87 mm.[1] Adults have green forewings with darker medial and basal bands. There is some variation in the green tone (which is usually paler in females) and the intensity of the banding.[2]

The larvae only feed on young leaves of Bassia, Mimusops, Sideroxylon and Achras sapota. They live on the undersides of the leaves of their host-plant. They are dull green with an orange-red collar and a shiny-granular head.

Subspecies

  • Netria viridescens viridescens (Java, Bali, Sundaland to New Guinea)
  • Netria viridescens continentalis Schintlmeister, 2006 (north-western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand)
  • Netria viridescens pallidabasis Schintlmeister, 2006 (Palawan)
  • Netria viridescens suffusca Schintlmeister, 2006 (China: Yunnan)

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