Paracrama dulcissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Paracrama
Species:
P. dulcissima
Binomial name
Paracrama dulcissima
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Nolasena dulcissima Walker, [1863] 1864
  • Paracrama rectomarginata Hampson, 1891
  • Paracrama dulcissima ab. aurea Strand, 1917
  • Paracrama dulcissima ab. flammans Strand, 1917
  • Paracrama dulcissima aurea Gaede and flammans Gaede, 1937
  • Paracrama dulcissima Walker; Kobes, 1997

Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka[2] and the Bismarck Islands.[3]

Description

Forewings greenish bordered with red and gray. Hindwings of the male are deeper orange red while the female has much paler orange-red hindwings. Caterpillar claviform (club shaped). Body yellowish white with brown marbles. Only primary setae present. There are two small conical protuberances found on a transverse ridge. Ventrum is leaden white. Pupation occurs in a dark brown shiny cocoon. Pupa ovoid with cremaster hooks. Cocoon truncated and semi-ovoid.[4]

Larval host plant is Grewia species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Paracrama dulcissima Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Eariadini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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