Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nolidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Risobinae | |
Risoba obstructa is a species of moth of the Nolidae family.
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Distribution
Its distribution ranges from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Australia.
Description
Wingspan is about 28-36mm. Head and thorax brown. Tegulae whitish. Fore wings whitish irrorated with brown. There is an oblique white basal band, and red-brown costal area just beyond it. Reniform round with a dark speck at center. A postmedial oblique double line slightly incurved below vein 4 and the area beyonf it red-brown with traces of a sub-marginal waved line. Some apical dark specks and a series of marginal brown and white specks can be seen. Hind wings are semi-hyaline white with broad brown marginal band.
Larva purplish brown with pale sides. Dorsal and lateral white speckled line and a sub-basal whitish streak series can be seen. A series of black dots found between lateral and sub-lateral lines. There is a conical prominence on anal somite.
Ecology
The larva has been recorded on Quisqualis sp., Terminalia sp., Xylia sp., Lagerstroemia sp. and Sterculia sp.