Dysphania percota

Dyspania percota
Caterpillar of blue tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Dysphaniini
Genus: Dysphania
Species: D. percota
Binomial name
Dysphania percota
(Swinhoe, 1891)

Dysphania percota, the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India.

Description

Similar to Dysphania palmyra, differ in the whole apical area of fore wings being deep purple from the discocellular spot and postmedial line to outer margin, with two small blue spots below the sub-costals and one on inner margin near outer angle. Hind wings never with any trace of yellow.[1] The larvae feed on Carallia species.

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References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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