Risoba obstructa
Risoba obstructa is a species of moth of the family Nolidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1881.
| Risoba obstructa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Risoba |
| Species: | R. obstructa |
| Binomial name | |
| Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881 | |
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Distribution
Its distribution ranges from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Australia.[1]
Description
Its wingspan is about 28–36 mm. Head and thorax brown. The tegulae are whitish. Forewings whitish sprinkled with brown. There is an oblique white basal band, and red-brown costal area just beyond it. Reniform round with a dark speck at center. A postmedial oblique double line slightly incurved below vein 4 and the area beyonf it red brown with traces of a sub-marginal waved line. Some apical dark specks and a series of marginal brown and white specks can be seen. Hindwings are semihyaline white with broad brown marginal band.[2]
Larva purplish brown with pale sides. Dorsal and lateral white speckled line and a sub-basal whitish streak series can be seen. A series of black dots found between lateral and sub-lateral lines. There is a conical prominence on anal somite.[3]
Ecology
The larva has been recorded on Quisqualis sp., Terminalia sp., Xylia sp., Lagerstroemia sp. and Sterculia sp.[4]
References
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 May 2016). "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Risoba obstructa Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.