Hyblaea constellata

Hyblaea constellata is a moth in the family Hyblaeidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, south-east Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar and Thailand. It is also found in Queensland, Australia.

Hyblaea constellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hyblaeidae
Genus:
Hyblaea
Species:
H. constellata
Binomial name
Hyblaea constellata
Synonyms
  • Hyblaea contraria Walker, 1865[3]
  • Hyblaea triplagiata Guenée, 1852[4]

Description

The wingspan is about 40 mm.[5] Forewings with excised outer margin below apex and excurved at center. Head and thorax dark olive-green in color. Abdomen black with orange segmental rings and crimson at sides towards extremity. Forewings are dark olive-green with dark specks, often with two antemedial yellowish-white suffused patches. There is a sub-apical bar and brown apical patch on costa. Hindwings black-brown, with two orange spots beyond lower angle of cell and two spots towards anal angle. Ventral side of forewings is black with orange around costa and inner margin. The base of cell, a band at end of it and one beyond it are all orange. Ventral side of hindwings orange suffused with crimson and with numerous black spots. A black spot can be seen at anal angle.[6]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tectona grandis and Mallotus species.[7]

References
  1. Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hyblaea constellata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hyblaea constellata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. contraria as junior subjective synonym. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hyblaea constellata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. triplagiata as junior subjective synonym. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 July 2010). "Hyblaea constellata Guenée, 1852". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants


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