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Carea varipes is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856.[1] It is found in Oriental region to Sundaland.[2][3]

Carea varipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Carea
Species:	C. varipes
Binomial name
Carea varipes Walker, 1856 [1857]
Synonyms
Chora curvifera Walker, 1862 Dabarita rhodophila Walker, 1865 Carea varipes ab. lilacina Warren, 1913 Carea varipes ab. modesta Warren, 1913 Carea roseotincta Roepke, 1938 Carea varipes Walker; Kobes, 1997

Description

Its forewings have an axe-head shape. The caterpillar has a distinctive swollen thoracic tumidity. Tumidity is glossy green. A mottled white band runs from the thorax to the conical horn. Its horn is broad and pale green. A small white patch can be found between horn and anal claspers. Its head is red. The caterpillars live singly and are not gregarious. Larval host plants are Eugenia and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Campomanesia, Cleistocalyx and Syzygium cumini.[4][5]

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized.

• Carea varipes leucobathra Prout, 1922
• Carea varipes roseotincta Roepke, 1938

Gallery

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References

External links

• Media in category "Carea varipes"
• Development rate, consumption, and host specificity of Carea varipes

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