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Called the Red Slug Caterpillar Moth. Defoloiates tea. Mimics the Glassy Tiger in flight.
Hampson vol 1, pg 261, # 552, MON pl 33/2.
Yen. S. 2004. Nomenclatural and Systematic Problems Surrounding Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae). Zoological Studies 43(1): 20-34.
Basis the above paper, the valid subspecies for India should be virescens for the Western Ghats and aedea for the Himalayas. Yellow form and white form came to the same moth screen.
Hampson vol 1, pg 261, # 552, MON pl 33/2.
Yen. S. 2004. Nomenclatural and Systematic Problems Surrounding Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae). Zoological Studies 43(1): 20-34.
Basis the above paper, the valid subspecies for India should be virescens for the Western Ghats and aedea for the Himalayas. Yellow form and white form came to the same moth screen.
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2017
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