Hypospila bolinoides explained

Hypospila bolinoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, China north to Japan and east to New Guinea, Queensland and the Carolines.

Description

The wingspan is 36–44 mm.[1] Male with ciliated antennae. Cell of hindwings short. Veins 7 and 8 distorted and vein 6 given off below angle of cell. Body much darker red-brown. Palpi black with white tips. Forewings with reniform reduced to a pale speck. The postmedial line less oblique, arising from the costa before apex, and not angled. Hindwings with straight postmedial line.[2]

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Derris species. When disturbed they drop to the ground or jump off their leaf.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 裳夜蛾 Hypospila bolinoides Guenee, 1852 . zh:驚奇山行 . Surprise mountain line . May 21, 2009 . January 16, 2019.
  2. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

  3. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Hypospila bolinoides Guenée . The Moths of Borneo . 16 August 2016.