Hydrillodes morosa explained

Hydrillodes morosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,^[2] Myanmar and China-Korea border.^{[3] [4]}

The caterpillar is known to feed on fresh, mature leaves of Litsea coreana.^[5]

The species has been used in experiments with insect teas.

External links

• Choi . Sei-Woong . An . Jeong-Seop . What we know and do not know about moth diversity from seven-year-monitoring in Mt. Jirisan National Park, South Korea . Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology . December 2013 . 16 . 4 . 401–409 . 10.1016/j.aspen.2013.06.002 .
• Zhao . Xin . Wang . Rui . Qian . Yu . Li . Guijie . Zhou . Yalin . Sun . Peng . In vivo preventive effects of insect tea on buccal mucosa cancer in ICR mice . Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics . 2014 . 10 . 3 . 651–657 . . 10.4103/0973-1482.138081 . 25313755 . 42475262 . free .
• 4151677. 25187847 . 2014 . Zhou . Y. L. . Wang . R. . Feng . X. . Zhao . X. . Preventive effect of insect tea against reserpine-induced gastric ulcers in mice . Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine . 8 . 4 . 1318–1324 . 10.3892/etm.2014.1859 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details: Hydrillodes morosa Butler, 1879 . Catalogue of Life . 29 May 2018.
2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Academia.
3. Han . Hui-Lin . Jin . Da-Yong . Nguyen . Cuong . Park . Kyu-Tek . Six Species of the Subfamily Herminiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) New to China, with Seven New Records from Mt. Changbai . Korean Journal of Applied Entomology . 2006 . 45 . 2 . 131–137 .
4. Lepidopterous Insect Fauna of Mt. Geumwonsan, Prov. Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea . Journal of Korean Nature. 5 . 3 . 233–235d . 10.7229/jkn.2012.5.3.233 . 2012 . Roh . Seung-Jin . Shin . Sat-Byul . Shin . Young-Min . Eom . Tae-Yang . Oh . Seong-Jin . Byun . Bong-Kyu . free .
5. A review on phytochemical and pharmacological properties of Litsea coreana . Pharmaceutical Biology . 55 . 1 . 1368–1374 . 10.1080/13880209.2017.1302482 . 28301985 . 2017. Jia. Xuejing. Li . Peng . Wan . Jianbo . He . Chengwei . 7011990 . free .