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Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka[2] and the Bismarck Islands.[3]

Paracrama dulcissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Paracrama
Species:	P. dulcissima
Binomial name
Paracrama dulcissima (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Nolasena dulcissima Walker, [1863] 1864 Paracrama rectomarginata Hampson, 1891 Paracrama dulcissima ab. aurea Strand, 1917 Paracrama dulcissima ab. flammans Strand, 1917 Paracrama dulcissima aurea Gaede and flammans Gaede, 1937 Paracrama dulcissima Walker; Kobes, 1997

Description

Forewings greenish bordered with red and gray. Hindwings of the male are deeper orange red while the female has much paler orange-red hindwings. Caterpillar claviform (club shaped). Body yellowish white with brown marbles. Only primary setae present. There are two small conical protuberances found on a transverse ridge. Ventrum is leaden white. Pupation occurs in a dark brown shiny cocoon. Pupa ovoid with cremaster hooks. Cocoon truncated and semi-ovoid.[4]

Larval host plant is Grewia species.[5]

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