Hypocala violacea
Species of moth
Hypocala violacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Hypocala |
Species: | H. violacea |
Binomial name | |
Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879 | |
Synonyms | |
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Hypocala violacea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
Description
Sri Lankan specimens have black markings on dorsal side of hindwings and ventral side of forewings are rather narrow.[1] [2] The larvae feed on Diospyros species.
References
External links
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