Lepidoptera > Zygaenoidea > Limacodidae > Limacodinae > Thespea
Thespea bicolor (Walker, 1855)
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Thespea bicolor
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Thespea bicolor (Walker, 1855): Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Genus revised by Solovyev, 2014
Solovyev A. V., 2014. Parasa Moore auct. Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Proc. Mus. Witt Munich 1. Munich– Vilnius, 240 pp.
The species is discriminated from P. flavabdomena (CAI, 1983), P. yana (CAI, 1983) and
P. jade SOLOVYEV & WITT, sp. n. by brown hindwings, extremely
similar externally to P. hainana (CAI, 1983) and P. foliola SOLOVYEV & WITT, sp. n.(Colour plate 11, fig. 4), but the male genitalia are diagnostic. The valva has two basal processes of the same size approximately; the juxta has very long processes, as long as the length of the valva, in contrary to similar species (Genitalia plate 6, fig. 3).
Solovyev A. V., 2014. Parasa Moore auct. Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Proc. Mus. Witt Munich 1. Munich– Vilnius, 240 pp.
The species is discriminated from P. flavabdomena (CAI, 1983), P. yana (CAI, 1983) and
P. jade SOLOVYEV & WITT, sp. n. by brown hindwings, extremely
similar externally to P. hainana (CAI, 1983) and P. foliola SOLOVYEV & WITT, sp. n.(Colour plate 11, fig. 4), but the male genitalia are diagnostic. The valva has two basal processes of the same size approximately; the juxta has very long processes, as long as the length of the valva, in contrary to similar species (Genitalia plate 6, fig. 3).
References:
- Hampson, G. 1892. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae. Pg 390, # 868.
- http://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/gallery/limacodidae/Limacodidae%20Parasa%20sp.%20nr%20bicolor.jpg
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=646369 [accessed 10 June 2017]
Lepidoptera > Zygaenoidea > Limacodidae > Limacodinae > Thespea
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Thespea bicolor (Walker, 1855). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/356048/Thespea-bicolor
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