Chasmina candida
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| chasmina candida Noctuidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Chasmina |
| Species: | C. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)
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Chasmina candida is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji, including many islands of the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
Description
[edit]Its wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings of the male are quadrate, where the costa somewhat excised. Costal neuration slightly distorted. Male pure white. Palpi and antennae ochreous. Fore tibia and tarsi orange spotted with black. Mid tibia orange above.[1]
Ecology
[edit]The larvae have been recorded on Hibiscus tiliaceus and Thespecia populnea.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Chasmina candida Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
External links
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- Barnett, L. K.; Emms, C. W. & Holloway, J. D. (July 1, 1999). "The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography". Journal of Natural History. 33 (7): 1021–1038. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33.1021B. doi:10.1080/002229399300065.
- Australian Insects
- Occurrence of the viable population of Chasmina candida on Praslin Island, Seychelles
- Final Instar Caterpillar and Metamorphosis of Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865) from Singapore
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