Dasychira moerens explained

Dasychira moerens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Felder in 1894.[1] It is found in South India and Sri Lanka.[2] [3]

The caterpillar is known to feed on Rosa, Theobroma cacao,[4] Smilax and Vitis species.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Dasychira moerens Felder, 1894 . Catalogue of Life . 7 March 2018.
  2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
  3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Dasychira moerens Felder, 1874 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 6 October 2018 . 7 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307235145/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/dasychira/#moerens . dead .
  4. Survey, documentation and identification of entomofauna of cocoa, Theobroma cacao L. in major cocoa growing regions of South India . Journal of Applied and Natural Science . 7 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Dasychira moerens Felder . ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources . 7 March 2018.

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