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Xenochroa chlorostigma

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Xenochroa chlorostigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Xenochroa
Species:
X. chlorostigma
Binomial name
Xenochroa chlorostigma
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Carea chlorostigma Hampson, 1893
  • Dabareta tumidistigma Warren, 1916
  • Carea chlorostigma ab. borneonis Strand, 1917
  • Carea chlorostigma ab. sikkimensis Strand, 1917
  • Carea chlorostigma borneonis Gaede and sikkimensis Gaede, 1937
  • Carea chlorostigma Hampson; Holloway, 1976
  • Xenochroa chlorostigma Hampson; Kobes, 1997

Xenochroa chlorostigma is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Himalaya, Sundaland, Philippines and Sulawesi.[3]

Description

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The female is larger than the male. Its forewings have a slightly falcate (sickle shaped) apex. Its reniform spot is conspicuous and dark green. Stigmata orbicular. A dark green patch found just posterior to the orbicular. The caterpillar has a distinct berry-shaped tumidity on its thoracic region. Only primary setae present. Bifid prominence and anal claspers dull black. Head green with orange body segments. Dorsal band olive-greenish brown with a dark dorsal line. A double white line runs laterally which is same as dorsal color, whitish or orange. Spiracular band orange with purple suffusion. Pupation occurs in a silken cocoon. Pupa lacks a cremaster. Cocoon buffy yellow with burnt patchy appearance.[4]

Larval host plants are Eugenia, Memecylon edule and Syzygium.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Species Details: Carea chlorostigma Hampson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Xenochroa chlorostigma (Hampson, 1893)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Xenochroa chlorostigma Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Xenochroa chlorostigma hosts". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 12 November 2018.