Phalera grotei

Phalera grotei, or Grote's buff-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1859.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] China, Thailand, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia to Sumatra and Borneo.[3]

Phalera grotei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Genus:
Phalera
Species:
P. grotei
Binomial name
Phalera grotei
Moore, 1859

Description

The wingspan of the male is 74 mm and the female is 77 mm. Palpi upturned. Body dark brown, where the first two joints are clothed with hair. Third joint is short and naked. Antennae fasciculate in male, whereas ciliate in female. Head and thorax buff coloured. Abdomen brownish. Forewings are long, narrow with dark brown colour. Forewings with traces of waved dark lines. Orbicular and reniform spots indistinct. Forewings heavily suffused with silvery grey on the basal and inner areas. Apical patch paler. There is an indistinct waved submarginal black line. Hindwing fuscous.[4]

  • Side view
  • Dorsal view
  • Front view
  • Back view
  • Tip of abdomen

References
  1. "Species Details: Phalera grotei Moore, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Phalera grotei Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. "Phalera grotei Moore, 1859". India Biovidersity Portal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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