Somera viridifusca

Somera viridifusca, the prominent moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Sri Lanka, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, the north-eastern Himalayas, Sikkim in India, Hainan and Yunnan in China[1] and in Taiwan.

Camouflage
"Prominent moth" redirects here. For the moth family called "prominents", see Notodontidae.

Prominent moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Genus:
Somera
Species:
S. viridifusca
Binomial name
Somera viridifusca
Walker, 1855

Description

Males have brown pedipalps, greenish head and thorax vertices and a fuscous abdomen, with a greenish extremity. The forewings are bright green with a brown patch below and beyond the end of the cell (absent in some specimens), with two subbasal waved dark lines, two antemedial and four postmedial streaks and a single submarginal streak has brownish blotches. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

The larvae are yellow green with a double yellow dorsal line. The area below the subdorsal stripe is green. The head is greyish white with olive markings. Pupation takes place underground.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Somera viridifusca Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 154 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. The Moths of Borneo


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