Carea varipes
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Carea varipes Walker, 1856 [1857]
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Carea varipes is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856.[1] It is found in Oriental region to Sundaland.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Its forewings have an axe-head shape. The caterpillar has a distinctive swollen thoracic tumidity. Tumidity is glossy green. A mottled white band runs from the thorax to the conical horn. Its horn is broad and pale green. A small white patch can be found between horn and anal claspers. Its head is red. The caterpillars live singly and are not gregarious. Larval host plants are Eugenia and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Campomanesia, Cleistocalyx and Syzygium cumini.[4][5]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies recognized.
- Carea varipes leucobathra Prout, 1922
- Carea varipes roseotincta Roepke, 1938
Gallery
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Carea varipes Walker, 1856". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Carea varipes Walker, [1857]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Carea varipes Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Carea varipes". NatureLoveYou.sg. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Media in category "Carea varipes"
- Development rate, consumption, and host specificity of Carea varipes