Birthama obliquifascia

Birthama obliquifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Birthama
Species:	B.obliquifascia
Binomial name
	Birthama obliquifascia; Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
	Miresa canescens Hampson, 1896; Mambarona obliquifascia (Hampson, 1893);

Birthama obliquifascia is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] and India.

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Female much larger and heavier. Forewing fasciation is more distinct in female. Caterpillar with light leaf-green body. Surface of body smooth and perfect semiovoid. Small, thinly brown-ringed disc-like tubercles or dots present. When disturbed, the caterpillar produce a fluid from tubercles. A thin, indistinct white dorsal line is present. Pupation occurs in a smooth fat short chalky-white ovoid cocoon. The larval host plant is Carallia.[3]

References

"Species Details: Birthama obliquifascia Hamspon [sic], 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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 June 2018.
"Birthama Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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[1] "Species Details: Birthama obliquifascia Hamspon [sic], 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 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 June 2018.

[3] "Birthama Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.