Achaea serva explained

Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, the Philippines, the New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.[1]

Description

This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females.[2] [3] [4]

Ecology

Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania, Ipomoea, Diospyros, Rosa, Sapindus, Madhuca, Manilkara, Mimusops, Palaquium, Sideroxylon, Excoecaria agallocha, Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis.

Subspecies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Achaea serva Fabricius (1775) . India Biodiversity Portal . 15 December 2019.
  2. 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x . 17 . A Review of the Genus Achaea Hübner in Australia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) . 1978 . Australian Journal of Entomology . 329–340 . Edwards . E. D.. free .
  3. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Achaea serva Fabricius . The Moths of Borneo . 15 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 12 September 2011 . Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 15 December 2019.

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