Poloma angulata

Poloma angulata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape).[2]

Poloma angulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Poloma
Species:
P. angulata
Binomial name
Poloma angulata
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Sarvena incompta Walker, 1865
  • Poloma janula (Felder, 1874)

Description

Adults are brown, reddish ferruginous beneath. The wings have two zigzag slender middle brown bands, the outer one with a testaceous border on the outer side. These bands are more undulating on the underside. The forewings are several shades of brown, with a slightly curved testaceous band at one-fourth of the length, and with a very large reddish ferruginous patch along the middle part of the costa. This patch is deeply notched on its hind side, and contains a brown dot and a zigzag brown streak. The underside and hindwings are reddish ferruginous.[3]

The larvae feed on Olinia ventosa and Canthium ventosum.

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Poloma angulata Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. Walker, F. 1855. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera; pp. 858–859
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