Chrysodeixis eriosoma
| Chrysodeixis eriosoma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Plusiinae |
| Genus: | Chrysodeixis |
| Species: | C. eriosoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Plusia eriosoma Doubleday, 1843 |
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The Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
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Description
Wingspan 42 mm [1]
Differs from Chrysodeixis signata in the head, thorax, and fore wing having a reddish tinge ; abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts often black in the male. Fore wing with much more gilding on the basal, medial, and outer areas ; the antemedial line more oblique, the postmedial more oblique and sinuous ; the Y mark large, prominent, and golden, the arms often filled in with golden and occasionally joined to the tail. [1]
Some specimens are much darker than others. [1]
Life Cycle
Larva green, the back palest, with indistinct dorsal and lateral pale lines. Food-plant, Ficus. [1]
Distribution
North and South America; Wadelai; Aden;Japan; China; throughout the Indian, Malayan, and Australasian regions. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e G. F. Hampson (1895) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths Vol. II
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