Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Noctuoidea Genus Avatha Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Family Erebidae Scientific name Avatha discolor Rank Species | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Mocis frugalis, Ericeia inangulata, Ophiusa disjungens, Anticarsia irrorata | ||
Avatha discolor is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian and Pacific tropics to as far east as Henderson Island.
Description
Wingspan is about 40-46mm. Males with minutely ciliated antennae and subcostal neuration of fore wings not distorted and without sexual patches on fore and hind wings. Fore wings are greyish and fuscous suffused. No spots on costa. The lunule on the antemedial line sometimes obsolescent. A dark spot found in the cell. The postmedial line "S-shaped" beyond the cell with a blackish patch in its upper curve. Hind wings with whitish cilia at apex and near anal angle.
Recorded food plants are Nephelium, Sapindus, and Callicarpa.
References
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