Dysphania percota
| Dyspania percota | |
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| Caterpillar of blue tiger moth | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Dysphaniini |
| Genus: | Dysphania |
| Species: | D. percota |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891) | |
Dysphania percota, the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India.
Description
Similar to Dysphania palmyra, differ in the whole apical area of fore wings being deep purple from the discocellular spot and postmedial line to outer margin, with two small blue spots below the sub-costals and one on inner margin near outer angle. Hind wings never with any trace of yellow.[1] The larvae feed on Carallia species.
Gallery
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Late instar from Tuvvur, Malappuram, India
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Caterpillar from Tuvvur, Malappuram, India
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Adult from Tuvvur, Malappuram, India
See also
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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