Pangora erosa
| Pangora erosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Pangora |
| Species: | P. erosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pangora erosa (Walker, 1855) | |
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Pangora erosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found in India (Travancore, Nilgiris) and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
Male pangora erosa possess crimson palpi (segmented appendages near the mouth) with a black third joint. The pangora erosa's head is typically whitish with a black spot on vertex. Its collar and tegulae (small hardened components in the wings) are white, with pairs of black spots, while its thorax is typically brown with white stripes near the tegulae. The pangora erosa's abdomen is crimson, with a series of brown spots, and its legs are similarly striped with crimson color.
In females, small, sub-marginal spots are visible on the fore wings, while the hind wings have medial brown spots.
Larvae are dark brown clothed, with a dense tuft of blackish hair.[2]
Ecology
The larvae feed on Gloriosa superba and Thunbergia species.
References
- ↑ Aethalida at funet
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.