Episteme adulatrix explained
Episteme adulatrix, the day flying moth,[1] is a species of moth in the genus Episteme of the family Noctuidae.[2]
Distribution
This species can be found in India, western China, Nepal, Burma[3] and Taiwan.
Description
Episteme adulatrix has a wingspan of about .[4] The upperside of the forewings is black, with large yellow markings, a row of small white spots and pale blue spots at the base. The upperside of the hindwings is black, with small white submarginal spots and orange spots near the anal angle. Head, thorax and abdomen are black, abdomen with blood-red bands.[5] [4]
Biology
It is a day flying moth (hence the common name). Caterpillars feed on Solanum tuberosum.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.iitb.ac.in/deanpl/images/basic/WWF_Report.pdf Report of the “Study of the Biodiversity of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Campus” by World Wide Fund for Nature -India, Maharashtra State Office, Mumbai
- http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/episteme+adulatrix/match/1 Catalogue of life
- Web site: Savela . Markku . Episteme adulatrix (Kollar, [1844]) ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . May 17, 2018.
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268694 India Biodiversity
- Westwood, J. O. The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/detail.dsml?PK_MainID=59872&PSpecies=tuberosum&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PGenus=Solanum&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&sort=Family&Familyqtype=starts+with&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Genusqtype=starts+with&PGenusqtype=starts+with&beginIndex=97&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fPSpecies%3dtuberosum%26PSpeciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenus%3dSolanum%26PFamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dFamily%26Familyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26beginIndex%3d90%26Speciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Genusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%253FPSpeciesqtype%253Dstarts%252Bwith%2526PSpecies%253Dtuberosum%2526PGenus%253DSolanum%2526PFamilyqtype%253Dstarts%252Bwith%2526sort%253DFamily%2526Familyqtype%253Dstarts%252Bwith%2526beginIndex%253D0%2526Speciesqtype%253Dstarts%252Bwith%2526Genusqtype%253Dstarts%252Bwith%2526PGenusqtype%253Dstarts%252Bwith%3fPSpeciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PSpecies%3dtuberosum%26PGenus%3dSolanum%26PFamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dFamily%26Familyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26beginIndex%3d90%26Speciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Genusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
