Lasiolopha
| Lasiolopha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Chloephorinae |
| Genus: | Lasiolopha Turner, 1920 |
| Species: | L. saturata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasiolopha saturata (Walker, 1865) | |
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Lasiolopha saturata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is the only species in the genus Lasiolopha.[2] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[3] Thailand, New Guinea[4] and Australia.[5]
Description
Forewings dark grayish green with two irregular green bands. Hindwings gray brownish with orange shades at the margin. The caterpillar has a greenish body with a lateral white line. Head orange with black markings. Thorax bulbous.[6]
Larval food plant is Memecylon. Pupation occurs in a cocoon at the base of mid-rib. The cocoon is semi-ovoid and the pupa is ovoid.[7]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Lasiolopha saturata Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Lasiolopha Turner, 1920". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Lasiolopha saturata Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2015). "Lasiolopha saturata (Walker, 1865)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Lasiolopha saturata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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