Aegilia describens

Aegilia describens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] to New Guinea,[3] the Bismarck Islands and Queensland, also on Christmas Islands in the Indian Ocean.[4]

Aegilia describens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Aegilia
Species:
A. describens
Binomial name
Aegilia describens
(Walker, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Stictoptera describens Walker, 1857
  • Lophoptera xylinata Walker, 1865
  • Stictoptera anisoptera Snellen, 1880
  • Stictoptera anca Swinhoe, 1919

The caterpillar has a medium grass-green body with a distinct, 'pulsating' dark greenish dorsal line. A brownish, faint, lateral line extending to the dorsolateral area. Spiracles are orange divided by black. Pupation occurs in soil within a silk cocoon. Host plant includes Mesua ferrea.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Stictoptera describens Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 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. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. "Aegilia describens Walker, [1858]". The Euteliinae (Lepidoptera: Stictopterinae) of Papua Indonesia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. "ソリバネホソヤガ Aegilia describens (Walker, [1858])". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Aegilia describens Walker comb. rev". Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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