Speiredonia mutabilis explained

Speiredonia mutabilis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, from Sundaland eastwards to Australia, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga.^[1]

Description

Its wingspan is about 70–78 mm. Adult blackish brown with purplish tinged. Forewings with waved sub-basal, antemedial, and medial black lines. There is a spot in cell and a double post-medial waved line excurved from vein 2 to lower angle o cell. An indistinct sinuous sub-marginal double line also present. Hindwings with medial lunulate line and traces of a sinuous double sub-marginal line.^[2]

The larvae feed on Acacia species.^[3]

External links

• Alberto . Zilli . Jeremy D. . Holloway . Willem . Hogenes . amp . 2005 . An Overview of the Genus Speiredonia with Description of Seven New Species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722043508/http://www.museodizoologia.it/ricerca/aldrovandia/aldrovandia-volume-1-2005-1/an-overview-of-the-genus-speiredonia-with-description-of-seven-new-species-insecta-lepidoptera-noctuidae . dead . 2011-07-22 . Aldrovandia . 1 . 17–36 . Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 10 April 2017 . Speiredonia mutabilis (Fabricius, 1794) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 22 January 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 . Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius . The Moths of Borneo . January 22, 2019.