Neospastis ichnaea
| Neospastis ichnaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Neospastis |
| Species: | N. ichnaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Neospastis ichnaea (Meyrick, 1914) | |
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Neospastis ichnaea is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in India.[1]
The wingspan is 22-25 mm. The forewings are whitish-fuscous, on the dorsal two-thirds more or less suffused with light fuscous and sprinkled irregularly with dark fuscous. There is a more or less developed fine dark fuscous streak along the fold towards the base and oblique dark fuscous spots on the costa at one-fourth, the middle, and three-fourths. The stigmata are small and dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is also a series of dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale fuscous.
The larvae feed on Symplocos spicata. Feeding between spun leaves, or a broken portion spun on the surface of a whole leaf. The larvae are green, with a brown head, black collar and with a lateral (spiracular) series of black spots, also with black supraspiracular spots on 3, 4, and several of the posterior segments.[2]
References
- ↑ Neospastis. funet.fi. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 23 (1): 118