Ulotrichopus rama

Ulotrichopus rama is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found on Sumatra, Flores and Sri Lanka.

Ulotrichopus rama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Ulotrichopus
Species:
U. rama
Binomial name
Ulotrichopus rama
(Moore, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catocala rama Moore, 1885

Description

The wingspan is about 66–72 mm. Mid tibia of male with a tuft of long hair arise from the base. Head and collar reddish, whereas thorax and abdomen greyish. Forewings grey with black irrorated. A short sub-basal line, an oblique antemedial waved black line can be seen. Reniform spot indistinct and pale with a fuscous patch on the costa above it. The postmedial line extremely irregularly dentate and highly angled beyond the cell. Hindwings are yellow with a curved medial black band which not reaching costa or inner margin. The outer are black with irregular inner edge and pale patched at apex and anal angle. Ventral side with a dark band and outer area of both wings are dark.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Catocala rama Moore, [1885]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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