Scopelodes venosa is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] China, India, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Laos, Vietnam and Nepal.[3][4]
Scopelodes venosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Limacodidae |
Genus: | Scopelodes |
Species: | S. venosa |
Binomial name | |
Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855 | |
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The caterpillar is yellowish green and its body is semiovoid, flat dorsally. There are diamond-shaped markings with dark green edges on its dorsum. Black lines run on most lateral ridges on segments. The tip of lateral tubercle is jet black.[5]
A single subspecies is recorded - Scopelodes venosa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931.
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