Serrodes partita

Serrodes partita, the catapult moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in western, eastern, central and southern Africa,[1] India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java) and Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Catapult moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Serrodes
Species:
S. partita
Binomial name
Serrodes partita
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua partita Fabricius 1775
  • Ophiodes basisignum Walker, 1858
  • Phalaena inara Cramer, 1780
  • Phoberia korana Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

Description

The wingspan of the adults is approximately 60 mm. Head, thorax and forewings dark or red or greyish brown. Forewings with a sub-basal dark red-brown spot on the costa, with a line from its lower edge. A similar antemedial spot and large lunule found below the cell with a highly excurved line from its lower edge. Reniform broken up into a number of tessellated spots with pale edges, and with rufous marks on the costa above it. A double straight postmedial line angled below the costa. Abdomen and hindwings are fuscous. Hindwings have traces of a medial pale line. Cilia paler at apex and anal angle.[4]

They feed on plants such as Prunus persica, Sapindus saponaria, Sapindus trifoliatus,[5] Pappea capensis, Prunus persica, Sapindus saponica, Grewia occidentalis, Citrus, Deinbollia oblongifolia, Acacia, Deinbollia pinnata, Eucalyptus blobulus, and Leptospermum laevigatum.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Serrodes partita, (Fabricius, 1775) Catapault Moth". African Moths. Archived January 16, 2013.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Serrodes Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. "Serrodes partita". Global Species. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  6. "Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)". African Moths. Retrieved 15 August 2016.


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