Harita rectilinea

Harita rectilinea is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is found in India (Khasi Hills), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia and on Sumatra and Borneo.[2]

Harita rectilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Harita
Species:
H. rectilinea
Binomial name
Harita rectilinea
Moore, 1882[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypena ferrealis Hampson, 1893

Description

Its wingspan is about 32 mm. Palpi with the third joint longer than the second joint, obliquely porrect (extending forward) and thickly clothed with scales. Antennae of male serrate (like saw teeth) and fasciculate (bundled). Body red greyish brown. Palpi black. Forewings slightly sprinkled with dark specks. There is an indistinct sinuous antemedial line and a black speck in cell. A medial straight, almost erect, dark line with some bluish grey on the outer edge, and often with the area beyond it grey. Costa of forewings have white specks on towards apex. A more or less developed sinuous submarginal black and white specks series present. Hindwings fuscous. Ventral side with sub-apical black and white speck to forewing, and indistinct cell spot and postmedial line to hindwing. The males have the palpi shorter, more broadly scaled, and the frontal tuft very thick.[3]

The larvae feed on Combretum species.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Harita rectilinea Moore 1882". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Harita rectilinea Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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