Nygmia icilia

Nygmia icilia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Nygmia icilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Nygmia
Species:
N. icilia
Binomial name
Nygmia icilia
(Stoll, 1790)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena icilia Stoll, [1790]
  • Choerotricha decussata Moore, 1877

Description

The wingspan of the female is about 38 mm. Antennae are bipectinate (comb like on both sides). Forewings are bright orange yellow and covered with slightly powdered black scales. The head, thorax and abdomen are hairy. Anal tufts are orange yellow. A rusty coloured band runs from near the base of the forewing. A black spot is present at the end of the cell. There are long black hairs on the inner margin. the palpi are porrect (extending forward) and reach beyond the frons. The hindwing and cilia are pale orange yellow.[3] The caterpillar is dull black with yellow longitudinal bands and is marbled with brown. The ventral side is jet black. Pupation occurs within a woven, silken cocoon.[4] The caterpillar is known to feed on Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus[5] and Mallotus paniculatus.[6]

References
  1. "Species Details: Nygmia icilia Stoll, 1790". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 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. "Nygmia icilia Stoll, 1790". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. "Nygmia Hübner Gen. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. "Nygmia icilia (Stoll)". nbair. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. "Nygmia food plants". Lepidoptera HOSTS. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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