Ophiusa discriminans
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| Ophiusa discriminans male | |
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| Ophiusa discriminans female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ophiusa |
| Species: | O. discriminans |
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| Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858) | |
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Ophiusa discriminans is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brunei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and in Australia in the Northern Territory and Queensland.[1]
Description
The wingspan is about 60-65mm. Head and thorax reddish orange with grey palpi. Sides of head chestnut colored. Abdomen orange with a black dorsal patch near extremity. Fore wings greenish orange with reddish outer third, slightly irrorated with black. A faint outwardly oblique, sinuous antemedial line and inwardly oblique crenulate postmedial line present. Orbicular is a dark speck and reniform is greyish with dark edge. Two grey and black sub-apical spots and a series of grey sub-marginal specks found with a large grey patch at outer angle. Cilia greyish. Hind wings orange, with broad sub-marginal fuscous black band.[2]
The larvae feed on Melaleuca species.[3]
Subspecies
- Ophiusa discriminans discriminans
- Ophiusa discriminans sublutea (New Guinea)
Gallery
Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view
Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
References
- ↑ "Distribution of Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ophiusa discriminans Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.