Hulodes caranea

Hulodes caranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hulodes
Species: H. caranea
Binomial name
Hulodes caranea
(Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena caranea Cramer, 1780
  • Hypopyra fusifascia Walker, 1869
  • Hypopyra mediomaculata Warren, 1913
  • Hulodes angulata Prout, 1928

Hulodes caranea is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Hong Kong to Queensland and New Guinea, it is also found on the Marianas and Carolines.

The wingspan is about 90 mm.

The larvae feed on Acanthaceae and Apocynaceae species.

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