Scopelodes venosa explained

Scopelodes venosa is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,^[2] China, India, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Laos, Vietnam and Nepal.^{[3] [4]}

The caterpillar is yellowish green and its body is semiovoid, flat dorsally. There are diamond-shaped markings with dark green edges on its dorsum. Black lines run on most lateral ridges on segments. The tip of lateral tubercle is jet black.^[5]

A single subspecies is recorded - Scopelodes venosa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931.

External links

• Preliminary study on the nuclear polyhedrosis virus of Scopelodes venosa kwangtungensis Hering
• Glycerol uptake in the neuroendocrine system of two slug moth prepupae (Lepidoptera)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details: Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855 . Catalogue of Life . 29 June 2018.
2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . 79 . 1–57 . Academia.
3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920161104/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/zygaenoidea/limacodidae/limacodinae/scopelodes/#venosa . 2015-09-20 . 14 October 2018 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
4. Web site: Scopelodes venosa distribution . Digital Moths of Japan. 28 June 2018.
5. Web site: Scopelodes Westwood . The Moths of Borneo. 28 June 2018.