Hypocala guttiventris

Hypocala guttiventris
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypocala
Species: H. guttiventris
Binomial name
Hypocala guttiventris
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Hypocala lativitta Walker, 1865
  • Hypocala tryphaenina Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

Hypocala guttiventris is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults have brown forewings with a curved pale band along the inner margin. The hindwings are yellow with brown markings. There is a broad brown band running along the margin. They pierce fruit to suck the juice.[1]

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