Westermannia superba

Westermannia superba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Westermannia
Species:
W. superba
Binomial name
Westermannia superba
Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
  • Plusiodes westermannii Guenée, 1852
  • Vestermannia gloriosa Hampson, 1912
  • Westermannia gloriosa

Westermannia superba is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found on New Guinea, Australia (Queensland),[1] India, Sri Lanka,[2] Singapore and on Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan.[3]

Description

Its wingspan is about 36 mm. Head pure white. Thorax and abdomen yellowish white. Forewings pale silvery brown. Basal costal area and the broad postmedial curved band whitish. These two white areas conjoined at costa, and by the discocellulars and median nervure being white. Hindwings pale, suffused with fuscous towards outer margin. Larva pale olive-green, and thickly spotted with yellow. There is a yellow dorsal line can be seen on each segment.[4]

The larvae feed on Lagerstroemia, Terminalia and Anogeissus species.[5]

References

  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 August 2011). "Westermannia gloriosa (Hampson, 1912)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Westermannia superba". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Westermannia superba Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.


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