Dysaethria quadricaudata
| Dysaethria quadricaudata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Genus: | Dysaethria |
| Species: | D. quadricaudata |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861) | |
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Dysaethria quadricaudata is a species of moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, from Sri Lanka to Taiwan and the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of lowland forests and disturbed and cultivated areas.
Adults are uniform, slightly speckled brownish grey. The forewing postmedial line is blackened at the costa and at the dorsum. There is a narrow dark marginal zone to the forewing.
The larvae feed on Adina, Anthocephalus and Cinchona species. They are gregarious and feed from within a webbing that is spun over the leaves. The feeding results in skeletonised leaves. The larvae are dark reddish chocolate. Pupation takes place in a bark crevice or on the ground in a cocoon of loose rusty red silk.[1]
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