Urapteroides astheniata

Urapteroides astheniata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Genus:	Urapteroides
Species:	U. astheniata
Binomial name
	Urapteroides astheniata; (Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
	Micronia astheniata Guenée, 1857;

Urapteroides astheniata is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in south-east Asia, from India, Sri Lanka to Fiji, including New Guinea and the tropical north of Australia.^[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 60–76 mm. Body white. Palpi with a black line on the upperside. A black frontal line and spot found on vertex of head. Forewings with some black strigae from the costa. Six oblique fuscous bands, one sub-basal, another on discocellulars, the others medial, postmedial, sub-marginal and marginal. Some fuscous striae found on each side of the sub-marginal band. Hindwings with a fuscous band on inner margin joined at anal angle by a band from the upper angle of cell and almost met by one from the costa beyond the middle. Some submarginal striae can be seen. A black marginal line runs from the apex to the tail, and a very narrow line with three spots inside it from the tail to anal angle. Cilia black tipped.^[2]

Larva pale reddish yellow, tinged green, with reddish transverse stripes dorsally. Three comma-like greenish markings found centrally on each segment. Last instars are more greenish with variable markings. Head and prothorax glossy greenish. Spiracles dark. The larvae feed on Endospermum species.^[3]

References

^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (20 July 2010). "Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ "Urapteroides astheniata Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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[1] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (20 July 2010). "Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] "Urapteroides astheniata Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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