Achaea serva

Achaea serva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Poaphilini
Genus: Achaea
Species: A. serva
Binomial name
Achaea serva
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua serva Fabricius, 1775
  • Achaea fasciculipes Walker, 1858

Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.

This species has a wingspan of 70-82mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females.[1]

Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania, Ipomoea, Diospyros, Ricinus, Sapindus, Madhuca, Manilkara, Mimusops, Palaquium and Sideroxylon.

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