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Lophoptera squammigera is a member of the moth family Noctuidae. It occurs in the Oriental tropics from Sri Lanka to Sundaland, Sulawesi, Timor and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Lophoptera squammigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Lophoptera
Species:
L. squammigera
Binomial name
Lophoptera squammigera
Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Lophoptera costata Moore, 1885
  • Lophoptera vittigera Walker, 1865

Description


Its wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings of the male are somewhat broader. Body greyish brown. Forewings with double sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial waved lines. The medial area suffused with fuscous, and with dark stria in and below cell. Two sub-marginal single waved lines, the inner dark at costa. Hindwings fuscous without hyaline.[2]

Host plants of the larvae are Euphorbiaceae (Mallotus sp. and Briedelia sp.), Dipterocarpaceae (Shorea sp.) and Tiliaceae (Grewia sp.).[3]


References


  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lophoptera squammigera Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophoptera squammigera Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 20, 2019.



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