Pantydia metaspila

Pantydia metaspila is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in China, Japan (Ryukyus), India (Maharashtra), Thailand, Taiwan, the Maledives, Sri Lanka, the Philippines (Luzon, Negros), Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, the Tanimbar Islands, Seram, Papua New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, as well as Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2][3]

Pantydia metaspila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pantydia
Species:
P. metaspila
Binomial name
Pantydia metaspila
(Walker, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Toxocampa metaspila Walker, [1858]
  • Ophiusa pallidilinea Walker, 1858
  • Polydesma metaspila Hampson, 1853
  • Toxocampa moolla Swinhoe, 1885
  • Toxocampa moolia Poole, 1989
  • Hypaetra sordida Butler, 1886

Description

The wingspan is about 30–42 mm. Palpi with longer third joint. Hindlegs of male tufted with long hair to the extremity of the tarsi. Mid tibia of male with no masses of flocculent (woolly) hair contained in a fold. Body ochreous brown with black collar. Forewings irrorated (sprinkled) with dark brown. A comma-shaped black mark found above inner margin before middle. Faint traces of the orbicular and reniform can be seen. A post-medial ochreous-brown-edged line present, with a series of fuscous marks beyond it. Hindwings pale, with diffused medial line and outer fuscous area.[4]

The larvae feed on Dillwynia, Vigna (including Vigna marina) and Gmelina species, as well as Glycine max.[5]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pantydia metaspila (Walker 1858)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. Naturkundliches Informationssystem
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (30 November 2012). "Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1858)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (30 November 2012). "Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1858)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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