Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Hypocala violacea | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Hypocala violacea is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
Description
The adult forewings are a uniform rufous and violet brown, marks on the distal margin being reduced to a pair of dots at the tornus, the inner one white, the outer one black, ringed white, an enlarged member of the marginal row of white dots. The hindwing underside is broadly fawn over the anterior half, with darker striae. Sri Lankan specimens have black markings on dorsal side of hind wings and ventral side of fore wings are rather narrow.
Caterpillar has variably orange to black head, and black body. Around each spiracle, there is an orange patch. Ventral surface is fuscous green. The larvae feed on Diospyros species.